Nicola Sturgeon announces Glasgow to stay in level 3 lockdown over covid case spike

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.

St Andrew's House in Edinburgh earlier today the First Minister said the situation is giving cause for concern but that vaccines are providing hope. The number of people testing positive for the covid-19 has tripled in the last month with 992 new cases identified in the last 24-hour period.

Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday that she would announce no later than Wednesday if Glasgow would have restrictions eased at the weekend.

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Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the Glasgow City Council area would be the only part of Scotland to remain in Level 3 of coronavirus restrictions. An outbreak of the Indian variant of the virus has led to rising cases in the local authority, with hotspots in the south of the city.

Sandesh Gulhane also said his young son thought he had stopped loving him when he kept his distance for the same health reason. Gulhane, 39, disclosed his personal experiences of the last pandemic during a speech at Holyrood.

iOS - Android Across South Lanarkshire, 153 cases were recorded last week (Sunday, May 15 to Saturday, May 21) - up by one on the previous week.NHS Lanarkshire last week voiced concern about the prevalence of the new, more transmissible, variant of coronavirus first discovered in India due to the proximity of Rutherglen and Cambuslang to the south of Glasgow.Halfway, Hallside and Drumsagard is at the epicentre of the outbreak in Rutherglen and Cambuslang, with 22 cases were discovered there last

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last-minute U-turn on Glasgow’s lockdown release will cost the hospitality industry £1million a day, it has been warned. Hundreds of pubs and restaurants devastated by months of enforced closure had been preparing to open their doors tomorrow.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had been previously working its way through those aged over 45 - but the rollout has now been expanded to those in the 'most affected' areas of the city. The Pollokshields and Battlefield districts of the city have been identified as 'Covid hotspots' after significant pockets on infection emerged.A spokesperson for NHSGGC said: "We are actively pursuing ways to ensure vaccination uptake is as high as possible in the areas with the largest increases of cases.

Nicola Sturgeon has tested negative for Covid as she urged people in the southside of Glasgow to get checked for the virus. The First Minister and Glasgow Southside MSP posted a picture of her negative lateral flow test in a bid to get her constituents to take their own.It comes as the Pollokshields and Battlefield areas of the city have become hotspots for the virus - with experts fearing that recent infections are being driven by the so-called India variant.

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Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the city of Glasgow will remain in level three for another week after a spike in covid infection cases.She said there is evidence suggesting the outbreak, concentrated in the south side of the city, is being driven by so-called Indian variant.Glasgow, like most of the country, was due to go to level 2 on Monday.Going to this level would have meant pubs being able to

two Indian immigrants who had been removed from a flat on the city’s south side with one man crawling under the van to prevent it from moving. The men were released following negotiations on the scene and pressure from Nicola Sturgeon, who is the MSP for the constituency, on the UK Home Office which is responsible for immigration.

Nicola Sturgeon admitted there was a level of concern about the number of new cases linked to the Indian variant which has spread across parts of Europe. More information. A couple in their 60s died of Covid-19 in separate hospitals within an hour of each other.Graeme and Margaret Carling were both being treated for the virus in Dundee.

covid cases in Glasgow which could be linked to the new, highly transmissible strain of the virus.A spike in covid cases in Glasgow over the last six days has left a decision on whether the city can ease out of lockdown with rest of the country in the balance.Scientists are keeping a close eye on the spread of the Indian variant across the UK.The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) is holding a meeting on Thursday to discuss the spread of the Indian variant, amid fears it could have