Question reference: S5W-34507
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 12 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will give retail workers priority access to the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Answer
Those who are entitled to a vaccine will be contacted by their Health Board letting them know where they will receive the vaccine and how to book their appointment. We are adhering to the priority list devised by the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) who have advised an age-based programme will capture those with clinical risk factors as the risk of death is very strongly linked with age, more so than any other factor. A number of retail workers may fall into the priority risk groups set out by the JCVI; these individuals will receive an invitation to their vaccine appointment.