The vaccination of Scotland's at-risk groups is expected to continue into December.
Prof Leitch said that in Scotland, care home residents would be offered the booster first, followed by health and social care workers.
Prof Leitch forecast that over 65s would start to receive the jab by by mid September, but advised people not to panic if they did not receive an appointment straight away., made by Moderna. Prof Leitch said: "If you get the normal Moderna or Pfizer, you'll be well protected. Pfizer also working on a bivalent vaccine. But the differences are fairly marginal at this stage."Not everybody will get this new vaccine because Moderna can't make enough of it quickly enough.
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