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Today the Minister for Mental Health Clare Haughey marked the start of Children’s Mental Health Week.

The Scottish Government has announced that from Monday 1 February, people aged 70 and over will begin to get their COVID-19 vaccines.

Three notable COVID-19 variants emerged during December 2020 in the UK.

Public Health Scotland has published an evaluation of the Scottish Government Shielding Programme.

From today, the COVID-19 vaccination will begin to roll-out across the population, with 4. 5 million people in Scotland being offered it.

The COVID-19 weekly statistical report will now include additional data on COVID vaccinations

To stem the spread of Covid-19, from midnight on the 5 of January, all parts of Scotland currently in level 4 will move to lockdown.

Data on the COVID-19 vaccination in Scotland is published in our Weekly Statistical report for the first time. The data covers the total number of people in Scotland who have had their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine up to and including week ending the 20th of December.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) data dashboard has been published showing the seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Scotland.

Today we have published key findings from our COVID-19 surveillance in education programme since August 2020.