Covid in Scotland LIVE as patients demand GPs restart face-to-face appointments

Perth and Kinross last week. It is the highest weekly figure since the week beginning July 19 after a huge rise in cases.It brings the total number of death certificates to record the coronavirus as a cause of death in the region to 272 since the crisis began last year.

Steve Clarke 's Scotland. The road to the World Cup in Qatar remains a difficult one but the Scots can take control of their own destiny with a win over Austria this evening.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to make a big announcement on her plan for government over the course of the next year later today. The First Minister will address MSPs in the Scottish Parliament about what her government plans to do following the devastating coronavirus pandemic.

Covid. The Deputy First Minister has now booked a PCR test after being pinged.

Scotland faces another rising tide of covid infections after the school summer holidays.

covid situation in Scotland as cases continue to rise across the country. The First Minister will address MSPs in the Scottish Parliament about any measures, if any, she wants to implement to stem the surge in cases and hospitalisations.

coronavirus. Kate Forbes will be forced to isolate for 10 days after she revealed on social media that she is not fully vaccinated against the deadly virus.

new benefit that will be delivered by Social Security Scotland and eventually replace Attendance Allowance for Scottish claimants. The new benefit will support older people, of State Pension age, who have a disability that means they need assistance with looking after themselves, or supervision to keep them safe.

covid briefing later today as cases continue to surge across the country. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced earlier this week that restrictions could be reimposed if positive tests rise following the lifting of restrictions.

among the options being considered to slow the recent spike of coronavirus infections in Scotland, it has been reported.

Scottish Government to halt the surge in cases across the country. Scotland recorded its highest number of daily covid cases for a second day in a row yesterday.

lost loved ones to Covid are demanding answers from the Scottish Government after it announced a public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. The First Minister yesterday promised the judge-led inquiry, set to get underway by the end of the year, would take a “person-centred, human rights-based” approach.

patients are demanding government action as GPs are still refusing to give face-to-face appointments. Surgeries have been virtually sealed shut from the public for 18 months following the Covid-19 crisis.

The Langlands Unit, at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, cares for many who are frail or have dementia. But health workers claim there are not enough staff to give patients the care they need.

tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - to 8,070.

Covid-19 vaccine, new figures show. A total of 2.9 million 18 to 29-year-olds are estimated to be unjabbed, including nearly 2.5 million in England.Wales is the only nation to have managed to give a first dose to more than three-quarters of young adults, with an estimated 75.8% having received one jab.

pandemics has been established by the Scottish Government.