Coronavirus Scotland LIVE - as hundreds of front-line care staff still wait for their covid cash bonus

Scottish Government has reported no deaths from coronavirus with 1,036 new cases of the virus overnight. The latest figures released this afternoon reveal there are currently 132 people being treated in hospital for the virus with 13 in ICU.

Scottish Government for urgent help for people suffering from Long Covid. Billy Thomson, from Cambuslang, said he was lucky to be alive coming out of an induced coma after catching the virus in March last year.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to make an announcement on the state of the coronavirus pandemic in the Scottish Parliament later today.The First Minister will address MSPs at Holyrood as cases continue to rise across parts of the country.It comes as Scotland marks six months since the Covid-19 vaccination programme was rolled out.At the end of last week Sturgeon announced that cases of the deadly virus had tripled in the last month just as Scotland starts to move out of lockdown restrictions.The news

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lockdown restrictions. In Tuesday's update, Nicola Sturgeon announced some local council areas could move to Level 1 on Saturday, while others will remain at Level 2.

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Nicola Sturgeon has announced the level of coronavirus restrictions for each local authority area in Scotland from this weekend. At midnight on Friday going into Saturday, a number of areas will see restrictions eased to level one or zero while others will stay in level two for a longer period of time.

Level 2. Changes are due to come into effect in a weeks time on June 7.

exams. As each school is dealing with assessments differently many pupils feel they are at a ­disadvantage.

coronavirus advisor has claimed. Professor Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh has urged policymakers to reopen the country cautiously amid concerns over the mutant strain of the virus, reports Glasgow Live.

shock news that one in every 10 care home residents died of Covid in the first year of the pandemic. Care Inspectorate figures showed 3774 lost their lives to the virus up to March 31, 2021.

pandemic news will be dominated by Boris Johnson’s former adviser, Dominic Cummings. The aide is poised to give potentially damning testimony on the UK government’s handling of coronavirus, and particularly the decision to delay lockdown last September, when he appears in front of a joint session of the Commons Health and Science committees.

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coronavirus briefing later today as cases rise in some parts of the country.The First Minister will provide an update on the state of the pandemic in Scotland as the country slowly moves out of lockdown.It's expected Sturgeon will address the situation in Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and East Renfrewshire where cases of the virus are particularly high.Glasgow is the only council area in Scotland that remains in Level Three lockdown, while the rest of the mainland sits in Level Two.The news comes as

care staff are still waiting for their Scottish Government promised £500 bonus - six months after it was first announced.

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “Cancer treatment has been a priority throughout the pandemic and for those who have received a diagnosis with a decision on treatment the wait before that treatment has, on average, been three days.“But we know that necessary decisions to focus our NHS on responding to Covid-19 has meant delays in diagnosis and this, coupled with people’s reluctance to seek treatment for concerns, has led to a build in the numbers needing diagnosis and care.

Glasgow is the only part of Scotland still in level three, and some businesses have criticised the decision to keep it under stricter measures. The new Scottish Health Secretary said ministers wanted to ease restrictions as soon as possible and hoped after this week it would become clear whether case numbers had led to a rise in ICU patients.Yousaf said the “critical question” is whether infections caused by the new Covid variant, so-called Indian variant, lead to more severe disease.

East Kilbride who say the debilitating after-effects brought their lives to a standstill.Every adult who has tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland is to be invited to take part in the study into the effects of the virus.Researchers hope to identify how many people continue to be unwell after having the virus.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region The Covid in Scotland Study (CISS) will ask people what their

John Swinney has been removed from his job as education secretary and put in charge of Scotland’s covid recovery. He will remain as Deputy First Minister and was moved as Nicola Sturgeon begins a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle.