Dumfries and Galloway coronavius figures for Monday, December 21

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be widely available across the country on Monday.A team of more than 3000 trained vaccinators are on standby to deliver doses to those aged over 80, who will be contacted by their health boards.The latest rollout follows an announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who revealed that more than 110,000 Scots have already received the Pfizer jag.Scotland has an allocation of 533,640 doses of the Oxford vaccine for the month of January, which requires two jabs,

coronavirus Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be made available in more that 1,000 locations across Scotland from Monday, the Scottish Government have announced.The injection, which was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on December 30, has already been administered in the Tayside, Lothian, Orkney and Highlands health boards.The news of the rollout comes after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed over 110,000 people have received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine since it

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire is getting ready to vaccinate those aged 80 years of age and over as it rolls out the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine into GP and community settings from January 11.With mainland Scotland now in lockdown, Mark Russell, Associate Medical Director from NHS Lanarkshire today reminded those eligible who will be invited in the coming weeks, that getting the COVID-19 vaccine is a permissible

North Lanarkshire have launched a re-appeal in a bid to trace the attackers. The 19-year-old man was robbed at knife point on Southburn Road in Airdrie at around 7.30pm on Tuesday, December 8 2020.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterBosses at Prestwick Airport say they are NOT expecting a visit from Donald Trump later this month.The outgoing US President has been linked with a trip to his Turnberry golf resort to coincide with the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.The speculation prompted First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to insist Trump would not be allowed into Scotland to play golf.It was reported at the weekend that

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserMs Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament at a specially-recalled session this afternoon: “We are now seeing a steeply rising trend of infections – I am more worried now than at any time since March last year.”She also noted that NHS Lanarkshire is one of three health boards currently operating at above 60 per cent of their capacity, and told how the number of Covid patients nationally “is now close to the April peak”.The First

link.“I will set out our decisions shortly. However, I can confirm now, in summary, that we decided to introduce from midnight tonight, for the duration of January, a legal requirement to stay at home except for essential purposes.“This is similar to the lockdown of March last year.”The whole of mainland Scotland and Skye was placed into the top tier, level 4, on Boxing Day.

Members agreed to some changes which will take effect for May’s Scottish Parliament elections, including moving Applegarth’s polling station to Lockerbie.An additional paper will be presented to members in the new year on any further changes, with the council’s chief executive, Gavin Stevenson, saying there would be a “full consultation after the Scottish Parliament elections”.

First Minister has summoned an emergency cabinet meeting this Monday morning and will recall MSPs to hear a statement on the covid crisis in the afternoon.The cabinet is certain to consider keeping schools closed for the rest of January and the possible return of restrictions that are closer to the stay-at-home lockdown in March.Schools re-open this week for children of key workers and vulnerable children.

First Minister said the rapid increase in Covid cases driven by the new variant is of "very serious concern". She stated: “The steep increases and severe NHS pressure being experienced in other parts of the UK is a sign of what may lie ahead.

killer whales chased a terrified seal onto rocks near the town of Lerwick.Haydn Thomason, 27, was filming the orcas just by the coast at Greenhead on Shetland, when they suddenly began chasing the lone seal. The student, who also founded and runs Viking Fitness Training, explained that though he is lucky to have seen the magnificent creatures more than a few times living in Shetland, this was the first time he'd seen them this close.

snow as an arctic blast descends on the country from next week.The adverse wintry conditions are expected to kick off from Thursday, January 7 as snow moves into the north west of the country, according to weather website WXCHARTS.They will then continue in largely scattered areas of the country in the days that follow.Some southern parts of the country could also see heavy snowfall, with Midlothian expected to be covered in around 23cm of the white stuff on January 8.Around 48cm of snow could

Nicola Sturgeon revealed the number as she confirmed a second vaccine, which could be the key to restoring relative normality to people's lives, will be rolled out from Monday.

Test and Trace, meant for a woman in Nottingham.Arthur Herbert, who lives in Buckie, explained that he began receiving messages from NHS Test and Trace on December 19.He initially thought the messages regarding a Covid-19 test in Nottingham were a hoax.However, after they kept coming he realised it could be a potential breach of data protection and set about trying to sort it.More worringly, after receiving several more messages he began to worry the woman might not even know of her positive

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA last-gasp own goal helped Irvine Meadow pull off a classic smash and grab victory to end the year on a high.The Ayrshire outfit took a second half pounding but somehow emerged with all three points to climb to fourth in the West of Scotland Premier.Blantyre midfielder Stefan Law was the unfortunate fall guy, turning Connor Boyd’s cross into his own net a full five minutes into stoppage time.It