Sturgeon aims to give "vast majoirty" vaccine booster by Hogmanay

The First Minister says she is setting a goal of giving the "vast majority" of Scotland's adult population a Covid booster vaccine dose by the turn of the year.

Nicola Sturgeon is urging the public to continue checking back to the NHS Inform website for jab appointments.

Health boards are continuing to add time slots to their offerings and some are even opening 24 hour clinics.

As such the FM wants to see as many people getting their third dose before we close out 2022.

As of today (December 17th) 2,377,170 people in Scotland have received their booster.

Some healthboards, such as NHS Grampian, say they've experienced record setting days this week.

It comes on the day new guidance came into effect in Scotland to help stem the spread of the Omicron variant.

It means many retail stores are bringing back one way systems and social distancing measures.

Pubs and bar are being urged to utilise table service, and we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible during the festive period.

The First Minister today had a meeting with the Prime Minister to see what financial assistance can be offered to sectors hardest hit by the latest development in the pandemic.

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