Covid in Scotland: Is the vaccination programme working?

The Scottish government says vaccinated patients of COVID-19 will now need less time at hospitals, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says there is evidence that the link between cases and serious illness and death “appears to be shrinking”.

Vaccination has been shown to contribute to reducing deaths and severe illness from COVID-19 in Scotland, and to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. About 3,517,668 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination and 2,446,834 people have received their second dose, since the start of the outbreak 10,130 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 surfaced in the autopsy report till early this June, 33% of COVID-19 registered deaths related to deaths in care homes, over 60% were in hospitals and and about 7% were at home and other non-institutional settings earlier this month.

Who is not eligible for vaccination?

Public health officials said that pregnant and breastfeeding women should not be given the Pfizer jab, this was shortly after its approval, due to the limited amount of data available on its use within that group.

However, the regulator has since updated its advice to say that when the potential benefits outweigh the risks, the decision can be made for the woman to be vaccinated.