Every Scot is to be vaccinated against swine flu...

Every person in Scotland is to be vaccinated against swine flu, the government has announced - at a total cost of more than £100m.

The updated pledge from Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon came as another two Glasgow schoolchildren were confirmed yesterday as the latest victims of the virus.

One new patient is the 13-year-old son of a critically-ill man undergoing treatment at the Victoria Infirmary, and the other is a five year old who came in contact with another of the man's children.

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The vaccine is still in development, with the first doses due to be manufactured by September.

Health workers will be first in line to receive the vaccination, followed by children, the elderly, then the rest of the Scottish population. Full story...

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