Health Secretary Jeane Freeman provided an update on Scotland’s vaccination programme to MSPs today

Around 400,000 people a week could be vaccinated from the end of February under plans announced by the Scottish Government.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman unveiled the figure during a statement to MSPs on plans to vaccinate over four million people.
Two covid vaccines are currently being rolled out across Scotland, with a third on the way.
Freeman said 191,965 people had received their first dose as of this morning.
By January 12, she said over 80% of care home residents and 55% of care home staff had received their first dose.
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She added that that just under 52% of frontline NHS and social care staff had also received their first jab.
Freeman also said: “We currently have supplies coming through from the 2 authorised vaccines Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca. Our planning scales up delivery so we are able from February to vaccinate with an average of around 400,000 people a week by the end of that month.
“By the first week in February, all JCVI Priority group 1 and 2 thats residents in care homes for older adults, care home staff, frontline health and social care staff and those aged 80 and over living in the community will have received their first vaccine dose.”
Freeman also said: “With the level of vaccine stock we know we have now and projected deliveries over the next few weeks, beginning in February, we will then vaccinate people aged 70 and over by mid-February and those aged [over] 65 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable by the beginning of March. ”
She added that currently modelling indicates that 400,000 vaccinations a week will be delivered from the end of February.
She said: “The plan to vaccinate 400,000 a week requires a daily workforce capacity of approximately 1700 whole time equivalent vaccinators and 950 whole time equivalent support staff.”