Covid in Scotland LIVE as Scots kids given 'vaccine overdose'

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Scottish Labour’s health ­spokeswoman Jackie Baillie last night called for an urgent inquiry as it emerged four children were given Covid vaccine overdoses more than twice the approved amount.

It is believed the youngsters were aged between five and 11, and were clinically vulnerable.Ms Baillie said: “Kids getting adult doses is pretty serious, especially when it is not a one-off.“We don’t know the implications and there needs to be proper monitoring of these children.

They can’t be left to cope with quite severe side effects on their own.“There also needs to be an urgent inquiry.”Fewer than half of adults living in the most deprived areas have seen an NHS dentist in the last two years.There is also an 18% divide between kids from the poorest and wealthiest parts of the country.Dental health was badly hit during the pandemic, with Scots unable to get treatments during lockdown.Read more here.Four children were given Covid vaccine overdoses of more than twice the approved amount, it has emerged.It is believed the youngsters were aged between five and 11, and were clinically vulnerable.Read more here.Residents in rural areas of Lanarkshire are set to have the same level of care as they would in a hospital.That's thanks to the extension of South Lanarkshire's Hospital at Home (HAH) service, which will be extended to locals in Clydesdale to help cope with the continued pressure on the NHS.The expansion of the service is part of South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s efforts to better care for wider communities during challenging times.Read more here.