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I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33277 on 14 January 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33277 on 14 January 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the Member to my statements to Parliament, most recently on 13 January 2021, our deployment plan and my letters to MSPs on this matter. As I have made clear our plans will remain iterative as information on supply, further vaccine approvals and characteristics and delivery together with any further MHRA and JCVI guidance comes forward.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33277 on 14 January 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

The vaccination of care home residents commenced on the 14 December 2020.

The existing core of trained and experienced vaccinators from the flu programme will transition to the Covid vaccination programme during this month and next. We are also actively recruiting from NHS Scotland’s accelerated recruitment portal, and drawing from the wider clinical workforce. Training started on 4 December, and so far over 4,000 people have attended webinars led by our senior clinicians.

The Pfizer vaccine must be stored at a temperature of around -70°C. For this reason, stock will initially be held in 23 specialised freezers situated in NHS Board Vaccine Deployment Centres in every NHS Board. We hope to address your other queries in a forthcoming communication from the Scottish Government to MSPs.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33810 on 23 December 2020. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

The Scottish Government has established a new National Vaccination Management Tool, which went live on 8 October. The digital tool will assist us in monitoring data on the vaccination programme in Scotland.

For Waves 2 and 3, we plan to establish Mass Vaccination Centres in key locations such as major cities and large towns with good communications networks. However, these will not open until we have delivery of sufficient quantities of the vaccine to support such large vaccination centres - this may not be until spring. We would like to reassure you, though, that Scottish NHS Boards already deliver nearly two million doses of vaccine routinely every year and we have a comprehensive delivery infrastructure in place. We hope to address your other queries on infrastructure in a forthcoming communication from the Scottish Government to MSPs.

We aim, subject to vaccine supply, to have vaccinated all those on the JCVI prioritisation list in spring 2021. However, this is dependent on how much vaccine is delivered, additional vaccines becoming available and getting MHRA approval for supply. We hope to address your other queries in a forthcoming communication from the Scottish Government to MSPs.