All eligible care home residents in Lanarkshire have now received the latest dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against COVID-19, NHS Lanarkshire has now vaccinated more than 3000 residents with both the booster and flu vaccines.
South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership nurse said that the vaccines will play an important role in providing a further layer of protection for care home residents.
"Care home residents are amongst our most vulnerable residents and I know it will be greatly reassuring to residents, their loved ones and staff that they have now received both vaccines," nurse director Lesley Thomson told Lanarkshire Live.
"From the very outset of the pandemic, health and social care staff have worked closely with care home staff to keep residents as safe as possible and this is another significant milestone in this journey.
"The care home vaccination programme has been carried out as quickly as possible.
"Each step of the programme has further highlighted just how dedicated and flexible our staff and care staff are in protecting residents.”
A small number of residents were not eligible to receive the vaccines at the planned time for a number of reasons such as being unwell on the day of vaccination or being new residents.
Further visits to care homes are taking place to ensure all residents are fully vaccinated as they become eligible.
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