Covid in Moray:- Yousaf pledges £380m for health boards
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The Scottish Government says an additional £380 million is being allocated to health boards to help with costs arising from the pandemic.
The money is to provide ongoing support for the vaccination programme and the Test and Protect system, as well as for the purchase PPE for health and care workers.
It comes on top of the £1.7 billion provided last year.
Humza Yousaf, the recently appointed Health Secretary, said: "Although we are hopefully emerging from this pandemic, coronavirus continues to add significant pressures to our health and care services.
"We will continue to assess its impact and provide health and care services with the support they require.
"The remobilisation of the NHS is among our top priorities.
"We will publish a national recovery plan within the first 100 days of this government.
"The £380 million includes £90.3 million for Test and Protect, a further £76.8 million for the COVID and extended flu vaccination programmes, and £85.5 million allocated to National Services Scotland for PPE costs.
"The rest of the funding will cover costs including additional staffing to support hospital scale-up, equipment, maintenance and IT."
