COVID-19 letter to all Scottish households

A4 double sided letter to Scottish households from Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, dated January 2021 about new variants of COVID-19 and thanking people for their help protecting themselves and each other, with a poster on the reverse about vaccine roll out information in Scotland, by the Scottish Government, leaflet, Riaghaltas na h-Alba, 2020

This letter details the ongoing challenges of living with COVID-19, thanking the people of Scotland for their sacrifices and ongoing help with controlling coronavirus. With the emergence of new variants of COVID-19 in autumn/winter 2020, many restrictions were re-instated included national lockdowns. The letter ends with the words, "Thanks for sticking with it, Scotland."

The letter also details the hope for the vaccine roll out and a poster gives links to find more information. The UK COVID-19 vaccination programme started on 8 December 2020 with Matron May Parsons, administering then 90 year old Margaret Keenan’s first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised on the priority list and the length between doses (between 3 and twelve weeks). In December 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were first offered to residents in care homes for older adults and their carers, people aged over 80, and frontline health and social care workers. The remaining population is offered the vaccine according to age and existing health conditions that make them more susceptible to COVID-19. Age is one of the biggest factors of dying from COVID-19.