Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for people on the Highest Risk List: evidence review

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1. COVID Highest Risk - Highest Risk Classifiaction - Scottish Government - Publications (www.gov.scot)

2. COVID-19 Shielding Programme (Scotland) rapid evaluation - full report (publichealthscotland.scot)

3. COVID-19 Shielding Programme (Scotland) Impact and Experience Survey - Repository - Public Health Scotland

4. COVID-19 shielding programme (Scotland) impact and experience survey – part two 30 March 2022 - COVID-19 shielding programme (Scotland) impact and experience survey – part two - Publications - Public Health Scotland

5. COVID-19 statistical report - 2 March 2022 - COVID-19 statistical report - Publications - Public Health Scotland

6. Supporting documents - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scotland's Strategic Framework update - February 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. COVID-19 Daily Dashboard | Tableau Public

8. Coronavirus (COVID-19) booster vaccination | The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine (nhsinform.scot)

9. Severity of Omicron variant of concern and vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease: national cohort with nested test negative design study in Scotland — University of Edinburgh Research Explorer

10. Deaths involving the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) are defined as those where COVID-19 is mentioned by the certifying doctor on the death certificate, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributory cause. The relevant ICD-10 codes for these causes of death are U07.1, U07.2, U09.9 and U10.9.

Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland : Methodology Guide (nrscotland.gov.uk)

11. COVID-19 statistical report - 2 March 2022 - COVID-19 statistical report - Publications - Public Health Scotland

12. On 5th January 2022 Scotland introduced a revised testing strategy and asymptomatic positive lateral flow device (LFD) test results were not required to perform a PCR test. The figures presented here for total positive tests include those who had a positive LFD only, a positive PCR only and those who had both a positive LFD and positive PCR.

13. Which children and young people are at higher risk of severe disease and death after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis (medrxiv.org)

14. JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination of children and young people: 22 December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

15. COVID-19: Pfizer vaccine provides 90% protection against infection in children aged 5-11, study finds | The BMJ

16. Latest NHS advice on COVID-19 vaccine for patients and recipients - NHS Organ Donation

17. Efficacy of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine against severe COVID-19 in those with risk conditions and residual risk to the clinically extremely vulnerable: the REACT-SCOT case-control study | medRxiv

18. COVID-19 statistical report - 2 March 2022 - COVID-19 statistical report - Publications - Public Health Scotland

19. COVID-19 statistical report - 2 March 2022 - COVID-19 statistical report - Publications - Public Health Scotland

20. COVID-19 statistical report - 2 March 2022 - COVID-19 statistical report - Publications - Public Health Scotland

21. The OCTAVE Study

22. Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice on third primary dose vaccination - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

23. COVID-19 statistical report - 2 March 2022 - COVID-19 statistical report - Publications - Public Health Scotland

24. Coronavirus (COVID-19), infection in pregnancy | RCOG

25. COVID-19 statistical report - 2 March 2022 - COVID-19 statistical report - Publications - Public Health Scotland