Covid in Scotland: 'No plans' for compulsory vaccination
Scotland's health secretary has confirmed people will not be forced to take the Covid vaccine but she hopes most
Scots will choose to do so.
Jeane Freeman told the BBC that Scotland had a track record of high take-up for immunisation programmes.
But she said there were currently no plans to make having the coronavirus vaccine compulsory.
A public information campaign targeting every home is planned for the new year, she said.
On Sunday a further 844 positive tests were recorded in Scotland. The deaths of seven people who had previously
tested positive for Covid were registered since Saturday but it should be noted registration offices may be closed
at weekends.
A total of 95 people were in intensive care - down five from the previous day.
Asked about a survey which suggested about a third of the population had reservations about the jabs,
Jeane Freeman insisted they would be subject to the same safety checks as any other new vaccine.
She told the Sunday Politics Scotland programme: "We've no plans on making the vaccine compulsory.
"What we have to do is hear what concerns people have about why they would be reluctant to take the vaccine.
"In Scotland we have a very good record of high uptake of vaccines and we've a strong track record of delivering
them safely and effectively."
She said the public would be given "maximum information" on the processes that the vaccines being used in
Scotland have gone through.
Alongside the government information campaign, the health secretary said those in the "globe-leading scientific
and medical community" would also be allaying any concerns the public may have.
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