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Coronavirus / Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines – the first of its kind
Coronavirus / Remote island communities get their vaccineMeeting also hears that one of the two Covid cases recorded in Shetland in the last month was a ‘false positive’
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Coronavirus / Care home residents to start receiving second dose of Covid vaccine
Coronavirus / Shuttle bus to run to Gilbertson Park vaccination centre
Coronavirus / Vaccination centre shuttle bus to run seven days a week
Coronavirus / Phone number launched for those unable to make Covid vaccine appointment
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UpdatedVaccination numbers well up, new figures showNumber of confirmed Covid-19 cases unchanged for the eighth consecutive day
Coronavirus / Covid-19 vaccines – a closer look
UpdatedMass vaccination gets underwayPeople on Shetland’s outer isles will also start receiving vaccinations soon
Coronavirus / The overwhelming balance of evidence is that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe in older people
Coronavirus / First mass vaccination centre prepares to openPeople will be offered appointments for vaccination at the Independent Living Centre by phone
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Coronavirus / NHS chief and MSP warn against vaccine email scamsPeople travelling to mass vaccination clinics will also be eligible for free public transport
Coronavirus / More than 10 per cent of local population have received first dose of vaccine
Coronavirus / Hopes for most over-80s to receive first vaccine dose by end of the week
Coronavirus / Students’ staggered return to uni to be extendedA third Covid vaccine, meanwhile, has been approved for use in the UK
Coronavirus / New Covid vaccine to be used from next week
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Coronavirus / Care home residents now receiving Covid vaccine
Coronavirus / Care home residents to be vaccinated from Thursday
Coronavirus / Vaccine can now be transported to outer isles
Coronavirus / Care home vaccination imminentNHS Shetland chief confirms vaccine can’t be delivered to the outer isles
Coronavirus / Health board chairman urges caution over Christmas
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Coronavirus / Covid vaccines arrive in isles
Coronavirus / Health board ready for vaccine roll-out
Coronavirus / Covid vaccine expected to arrive on Thursday
Coronavirus / Fight against Covid-19 continues to be ‘a long haul’
Coronavirus / Covid-19 vaccinations set to begin across Scotland next week‘This is a marathon not a sprint’, says NHS Shetland chief executive
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Coronavirus / Board hears of some of the logistical challenges of Covid vaccine roll-out
Rapid progress in developing Covid-19 vaccines offers ‘light at the end of the tunnel’Dr Susan Laidlaw advises islanders to seek information from trusted sources
Coronavirus / Health board offers more details about roll-out of Covid vaccineNHS Shetland asks people not to phone your GP practice to ask about the vaccine until you have been invited to arrange an appointment