Nicola Sturgeon says there is community transmission of the new variant but it is not widespread.
Unpaid cares, adults aged 16 and over who live with someone who is severely immunocompromised, and frontline health and social care workers can also book online."It is critically important for everybody who is eligible to come forward and get a booster as soon as possible," Ms Sturgeon said.
"We know that booster jags significantly increase the amount of protection that you get so it's not marginal, it is really significant. And that would always have been important as we head into winter but with the new Omicron variant it's even more important. "There's lots of talk about whether vaccines will be less effective against Omicron - we don't know that yet. But it's really important to stress that even if that were the case, less effective does not mean ineffective. You're still going to have so much more protection if you have a vaccination, including your booster, than you will have without that."
Meanwhile at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness a ward has been closed to new admissions and visiting following an outbreak of Covid. NHS Highland said a "small number of cases" had been identified in ward 5a - an oncology ward - but normal in-patient care was continuing.
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