TEACHING unions have called for young adults to be vaccinated and safety measures to continue, warning that a cautious approach to school returns must be taken in Scotland.

Top trade unionists said that a voluntary vaccination scheme for secondary school pupils would be a “sensible” measure that could go “some way towards making schools safer places.”

Union leaders raised the issue as the Scottish Government confirmed updated advice from experts at the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), with all 16 and 17-year-olds now eligible for a vaccine.