Fans celebrating Euros in the UK ‘may have been an important factor in rising Covid cases’

Perth and Kinross more than halved last week, according to data from Public Health Scotland.

Scottish Government has confirmed that no people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

Perth Prison will likely remain in lockdown until next week as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

the British press has dubbed “the pingdemic” — harsh, mandatory isolation rules in which any close contact of an infected person must stay home for 10 days regardless of their vaccination status or negative test result. It’s estimated that soon some 10 million Britons could be couch-bound. The business-crippling strictures, which are due to end Aug.

Perth and Kinross as the area enters level zero of restrictions – but nearly 10 per cent of the adult population remain completely unvaccinated. Back on June 18 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was expected all Scottish adults would have had their first dose of the vaccine by July 18.But the latest figures show 9.1 per cent of over 18s in Perth and Kinross have still not had any dose.The largest proportion of unvaccinated adults are those aged 18 to 29.

Kenneth Branagh has been forced to cancel a significant UK theater production due to an “increasing number of Covid-enforced absences”.

latest edition of the Channel 4 show saw some of Britain's best-loved celebrities including Ronan Kemp, Clare Balding and Denise Van Outen curl up on the sofa. The stars watched a whole host of TV ranging from Cooking with the Stars, Catfish and Only Connect.

COVID-19 rates across the UK.Back in April Boomtown cancelled its 2021 event, citing a lack of a COVID-specific insurance policy from the UK government.While all restrictions on social distancing and capacity limits for live shows in England will be removed on Monday (July 19) as the country enters the fourth and final stage of its route out of lockdown, cases continue to rise across the country.As a result, Boom Village – which was set to be held from August 10-14 – has now cancelled its event.

John Swinney.The country's Deputy First Minister - and Covid Recovery Minister - revealed the detail from the Scottish Government's modelling, which predicts the number of cases and deaths as a result of the virus.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today that Scotland would move to the lowest of its Covid-19 restrictions on July 19 as planned.It means up to eight people from up to four households can meet within homes, while outside up to 15 people from up to 15 households can get together

SNP Health Secretary said the government was starting to see a "positive trend" beginning to emerge in the data despite cases of covid still being high. Cases peaked at 4,234 on July 1 following a sharp rise over the previous month due to the spread of the Delta variant which originated in India.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out the next step of changes to coronavirus restrictions in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

coronavirus deaths overnight but a further 2,048 new positive cases. The latest figures were announced this afternoon as the virus continues to spread across the country.

coronavirus deaths overnight and a further 2,190 new positive cases. The latest figures were announced this afternoon as the virus continues to spread across the country.

coronavirus deaths overnight and a further 3,216 new positive cases. The latest figures were announced this afternoon as the virus continues to spread across the country.

English fans celebrated their Euros semi-final win. Customers at the Highlander Bar in San Antonio broke out in violence last night in a mass brawl with celebrating England fans.

Dua Lipa, AJ Tracey and David Beckham were among the celebrities to celebrate England’s historic win over Denmark during Wednesday (7 June) night’s Euro 2020 semi-final. Following a tense start in which Denmark scored the first goal, England went on to win the game 2-1, progressing the national team to their first major final since 1966.

Andrew Bowie for his "braggadocious glee" when speaking in the House of Commons about covid. Bowie slammed the SNP for criticising the Westminster Government for its tackling of the coronavirus pandemic when he said the party's Edinburgh government was seeing rising case numbers.

NHS Lanarkshir e Heather Knox described a dire situation with people visiting accident and emergency units on the rise leaving staff unable to cope. As a result of the increased pressures on services the health board may need to "pull back on some of our elective care services".A gold command meeting is expected to take place today where solutions will be identified in order to keep the situation under control as much as possible.