Experts urge Scots to continue getting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine despite blood clot fears

covid-19 vaccine. Between December 8 and March 27 a total of 30,151,287 have now had their first vaccine dose accounting foe around 57% of all UK adults.The figures were confirmed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) today.Meanwhile, 3,527,481 people - accounting for 6% of the adult population - have also had their second doses, totalling 33,678,768 jabs administered overall.

coronavirus vaccine. NHS Scotland is in the process of offering the jab to people who provide vital face-to-face care and support for their loved ones.

Susanna Reid has revealed to her followers that she's been given the AstraZeneca vaccination on Friday 19 March.The broadcaster, who apologised for upsetting Patsy Palmer on Good Morning Britain, took to Twitter to share the news with her fans and shared a picture of herself getting the jab.The 50 year old is seen proudly sitting on a chair, as a nurse pops the needle into her arm. Susanna is wearing a protective face mask and shows a thumbs up to the camera with delight.

Susanna Reid has joined a long list of celebrities who have shared their experiences of getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The Good Morning Britain star attended St Thomas' Hospital in London on Friday and posted a snap of herself being vaccinated on Instagram.MORE: GMB's Susanna Reid's gorgeous house with sons is so homely – see insideHowever, while she thanked her nurse Kamilah, she couldn't resist poking fun at her appearance in the photo, mainly her unruly hair.WATCH: Edwina

Ian Rankin has received his first dose of the coronavirus jab and has told fans that it was ‘absolutely fine’. The Scots crime author, who is 60-years-old, nipped over to the mass-vaccination site at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre yesterday.

coronavirus vaccine. The Scottish Government announced the milestone which was met today, March 17, a week before the first anniversary of the UK being placed into the first lockdown.

Patrick Harvie warned time was running out to tackle the global climate emergency and that bold environmental policies were now required.The Greens returned six MSPs via the list vote at the last Scottish Parliament election in 2016 and members are hoping to hit double figures this time around.But the pro-independence party has faced repeated criticism from Unionists for being too supportive of the SNP Government.The Greens refused to back other opposition parties last week when Deputy First

European countries, including Denmark, Norway and Iceland have temporarily suspended AstraZeneca jabs following reports of people suffering blood clots, stating.

Ruth Davidson is urging Scots to vote Tory to deny SNP a majority for Indyref2.The Scottish Tories are planning to deny the SNP a majority at Holyrood to make sure Scotland doesn't leave the UK.Ms Davidson also hit out at the "increasing stench of sleaze and scandal" she claimed was coming from Nicola Sturgeon's party.She insisted that the SNP winning an overall majority's in May's Scottish Parliament election was no longer the "'nailed-on' near-certainty" that polls had once predicted.But to

There were seven people in hospital with less than five in intensive care.There have been cases across the region in the past fortnight, with figures from Public Health Scotland showing more than half of new cases in the past seven days have been in the Sanquhar area.

coronavirus vaccine in Scotland, according to the latest data. Health officials are currently working their way through giving the jab to the most vulnerable groups in a bid to reduce the number of deaths and hospitalisations from the virus.

Facebook users to treat their mums to sex toys for Mother's Day.Stunned retired prison officer Andrew Whiting, from Fife, was scrolling through his news feed when he had to 'do a double-take' at the Boots ad, which featured four colourful vibrators of various shapes and sizes below the slogan 'for every kind of mum'.The 53-year-old says while he found the campaign extremely inappropriate, he couldn't help but laugh at the racy marketing fail.Boots apologised for any 'offence caused' and

direct to your inboxPeople aged between 56 and 59 are now being invited to book coronavirus vaccinations, NHS England said.From Saturday, hundreds of thousands of letters are beginning to land on the doorsteps of the age group.The latest round of invites comes as NHS England says eight in 10 people aged 65-69 took up the offer of a jab.So far, more than 18 million people across the country have already received a jab - more than one third of the adult population.And across the whole of the UK,