November 30 2021: “Three new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been identified in Scotland, prompting a drive to deliver more than a million booster jabs by Christmas.
Humza Yousaf, the health secretary, said there were now five cases in the Lanarkshire area and four in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, up from the six across both areas announced on Monday.
The vaccination booster programme would be accelerated but workforce issues were the “biggest constraining factor”, he added.
Booster vaccinations are being extended to all over-18s in Scotland, in line with the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommendation to cut the interval between the second and third dose from six to three months.”