Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots not to be ‘distracted’ by the raft of lockdown changes made by Boris Johnson south of the border.
23.04.2020 - 16:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon has said schools could return every second week when Scotland bids to find a way out of coronavirus lockdown.
The First Minister said alternating weeks for pupils was the type of option her government is considering whenever restrictions are eased.
She also raised the prospect of redesigning classrooms as a way of enforcing social distancing.
It comes as ministers look at the best ways to slowly get the economy moving again.
At her lunchtime briefing in Edinburgh today, during
Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots not to be ‘distracted’ by the raft of lockdown changes made by Boris Johnson south of the border.
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Nicola Sturgeon has announced that people can now exercise more than once a day north of the border.
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The First Minister set out a "test, trace and isolate" strategy to in an attempt to suppress coronavirus in the months ahead.
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