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Linstone Housing Association has said farewell to its long-serving chief executive who has retired after devoting her working life to championing tenants’ rights.

Paisley residents have reported waits of up to four hours as they queue for booster jabs.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensIt was issued on the same day Professor Jason Leitch recommended the continued use of face masks this summer.People aged between 18 and 39 who are yet to receive a first vaccine or those who have waited more than eight weeks for a second dose of the Pzifer jab and do not have an appointment are being invited to attend the new drop-in facilities.The first session will take place at Johnstone Town Hall on Thursday.On Saturday, further drop in centres will open at Paisley’s Lagoon Leisure Centre and at The Foundry in Barrhead.All three clinics will run from 9am to 3pm.The vaccines will be issued on a first come, first-served basis and people are being reminded that they may have to queue for long

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Drop-in vaccination centres for people aged 40 and over are opening in Renfrewshire this week.Area health bosses announced the latest stage in the fight against Covid-19, as cases have continued to rise.Paisley’s Lagoon Centre will be operating vaccinations on Tuesday June 1, and Wednesday June 2, on a first come, first served basis.On Friday June 4, Barrhead Foundry will be operating a drop in centre.And on Saturday June 5, Johnstone Town Hall and Renfrew Leisure Centre are both open to offer vaccinations.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the sites are aimed at those who yet to have a first vaccine dose or who have waited over 10 weeks for a

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Health chiefs are on target to have Renfrewshire’s most vulnerable vaccinated against Covid-19 by this weekend.Figures, released by Public Health Scotland, show that nearly all over 80s have been jabbed across the region, with the final handful on schedule to be completed.They add to the 1,000 care home residents given the first dose of either the Pfizer or Oxford AstraZenica vaccine in December and January.As of February 7, 22,868 Renfrewshire residents had been vaccinated, but several thousand more have had their injection in recent days at the mass clinics set up at Paisley’s Lagoon, Johnstone Town Hall and Renfrew Leisure Centre.The Express

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Renfrewshire Leisure workers who will staff new Covid-19 vaccine centres WILL receive a jab after concerns were raised about their safety.The worried workers - who were told they’ll man the centres where thousands of people will descend to get the life-saving jab - were initially told they would not be in line for a vaccination.The cleaners, receptionists and facilities staff at Paisley’s Lagoon, Renfrew Leisure Centre and Johnstone Town Hall feared they would be left exposed to the deadly virus when the hubs open on Monday.Kristen Muat, organising assistant for GMB Scotland, says the decision not to vaccinate staff represented a major breach of health

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Life-saving plans to vaccinate Renfrewshire’s elderly population by the end of next month have been unveiled, as three major jab hubs are set to open.Paisley’s Lagoon leisure centre, Renfrew Leisure Centre and Johnstone Town Hall are all being prepared to host vaccine clinics from February 1.People aged 70 to 75, and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals - around 9,000 people - will be among the first to receive the life-saving jab at these venues.Dubbed ‘Cohort 4’, this group should, it is hoped, be vaccinated by mid February.The first appointment letters inviting people to the clinics will drop in letter boxes across Renfrewshire on Monday or

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The mass testing centre set-up in Covid-19 hotspot Johnstone flushed out 15 people who were positive. A total of 5,031 people who either live, work or attend school in the area got the test within Johnstone Town Hall .It was by far the biggest turnout among the eight pilot centres in Scotland.The 15 who tested positve all had no symptoms and were quickly told to isolate.The Public Health Scotland results released yesterday also revealed just two people arrived complaining they had symptoms.But neither of them had the bug.The data showed only 0.3 per cent of Johnstone tests were positive.The Scottish average from centres including Dalmarnock and Alloa

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 5,000 people in Johnstone got themselves checked out for Covid-19 at the town's asymptomatic testing centre, it has been revealed.Renfrewshire Council piloted the country's first lateral flow test in a fixed location at Johnstone Town Hall between December 2 and 9 in a bid to find out more about residents and workers who were carrying coronavirus unknowingly.The quick and simple swab test - which returns results in about 45 minutes - was open to anyone who worked, lived or went to school in Johnstone and around 40 per cent of the target population stepped forward to take part.The findings will be considered at a national level to inform

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Only people who live, work or attend school in Johnstone are being asked to take part in the mass Covid-19 testing scheme.Scotland’s first mass testing centre for people with no symptoms of the virus is set to open in Johnstone Town Hall on Wednesday.The pilot project will see up to 12,000 people tested for the virus over the following seven days.Now Renfrewshire Council has confirmed it will only be locals who are invited to take a test.They can attend the centre, which is running as a drop in service, between 8am and 8pm daily.It is available to all those aged five and older who are not currently displaying any symptoms of coronavirus.Those taking

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Johnstone Town Hall has been chosen to host Scotland’s first mass Covid-19 testing centre for asymptomatic people, the Express understands.The Church Street venue will be used to test up to 12,000 people who are not currently displaying symptoms of the virus.The pilot is currently proposed to launch on Wednesday and last for one week.Those taking part will, it is understood, undergo a lateral flow test which delivers results within 30 minutes.A spokesman for Renfrewshire Council said: “We are working with NHSGGC and Scottish Government to prepare a pilot in Johnstone as part of the expansion of mass testing of those with no coronavirus symptoms.“This is