Fast progress is currently being made vaccinating the 12-15 age group in Scotland.
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England has vaccinated more than 354,000 12-15 year olds with a first dose, compared with about 95,000 in Scotland,The numbers are similar for 16-17 year olds - in England 771,719 have been given a first dose, almost 10 times higher than the number in Scotland.In the 16-17 age group, Scotland started from a lower base in August, but the initial pace of vaccination was steeper and has started to level off at a higher figure.
She said: "It wasn't very painful. I felt like it was going to be safer so I'd have less chance of catching it [Covid-19].
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