The first vaccinations against Covid-19 will be given to people in Scotland within a week, Nicola Sturgeon said.

The First Minister said that the first doses will be given as early as next Tuesday.

Ms Sturgeon said supplies will be "delivered over the course of December, and should start to happen within the next few days.

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She added: "If we receive the first doses, the first vaccines will be administered on Tuesday 8 December,  six days from now."

Ms Sturgeon said she very warmly and very enthusiastically welcomed this morning's news.

She added: "This isn't unexpected but it confirms that a safe and effective vaccine can be used.

"We are not at the end of this pandemic yet. We cannot and must not ease up in our efforts to control it but it feels like the beginning of the end.

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The latest statistics showed there were 951 new positive cases recorded, 991 people in hospital, down 30. There were 68 in intensive care, down two. There were 38 deaths registered in the last 24 hours of a person who had tested positive for covid-19 in the last 28 days.