First Minister said the strain is spreading much faster and the Scottish Government will need to look at whether level 4 restrictions are sufficient.
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care homes from next week, with the test kits then distributed to all care homes from December 14 - a month earlier than the Scottish Government earlier planned.
The tests are not as accurate as traditional PCR testing but do not need to be analysed in a laboratory so can produce same-day results.Designated visitors will be able to take the test to indicate whether they have the virus ahead of seeing friends, relatives and loved ones in care homes.It comes after Sturgeon yesterday announced the
.First Minister said the strain is spreading much faster and the Scottish Government will need to look at whether level 4 restrictions are sufficient.
Covid-19. The action was taken at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday against Thornlea Nursing Home, a residential care home in Loanhead, Midlothian, after 15 residents died as a result of coronavirus.
England for Christmas as she returned to Scotland yesterday amid a strict cross-border travel ban.Lisa Cross, 34, should have been married earlier this month and starting a new life in Blackpool with her hubby, but her plans were postponed due to coronavirus.She now faces Christmas without her fiance after returning to Glasgow after the announcement, to be with her two children.
amid fears the new Covid-19 variant will spread.Ireland has banned all flights from the UK for 48 hours, as has Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Turkey, Belgium and Switzerland.The measures are temporary with plans for an EU council meeting at 10am to decide on co-ordinating EU actions.The announcement comes as Scotland prepares for a level four lockdown starting on Boxing Day.Opposition party leaders in Scotland have called on the SNP government to further explain the reasons for
care home has combated Covid restrictions by building an outdoor visitor hub for residents to see their families. Abbeyfield House, in Irvine, has created a safe space for the old folk to meet their families in a garden setting - while managing to be undercover and warm in the winter.
limit their Christmas bubbles to just two households despite guidance being published that they could visit up to three.
Scroll down for the latest updates.Nicola Sturgeon has backed the Christmas lockdown easing plan while at the same time strongly recommending people stay in their own homes.The First Minister said if people make use of the five day loosening of the rules, her advice is to limit the duration of the stay and the numbers of people.She also recommended that people from “high prevalence” covid areas do not travel to low prevalence parts the UK.Read the full story.A Scots mum has spoken of her
coronavirus pandemic has forced thousands of Scots out of work leading to record redundancy figures, new data has revealed. Around 30,000 people in the country lost their jobs in the three months to October - up from 5,000 between May and July, numbers from the Office for National Statistics have shown.
including Edinburgh. And public health officials are recommending a return to level 3 rules for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Covid-19 as 48 people in total tested positive for the deadly bug. NHS chiefs confirmed the outbreak at Lomond Court in the Woodside area on Glenrothes, Fife on Friday December 11.
coronavirus outbreak saw 67 people test positive for the bug. A total of 35 residents and 32 staff members have caught the virus at Canmore Lodge Care Home in Dunfermline.
police - because it is not “essential travel”. The Scout Scotland Santa Run in Stewarton, which has been running for decades, was halted after officers said the sleigh ride through the town breached lockdown rules.
lack of contact for families who had been expecting regular visits of up to four hours and close contact with relatives.Scottish Labour MSP Neil Findlay raised the concerns in a tense exchange at Holyrood on Tuesday which saw him brand SNP depute leader Keith Brown "ignorant" and a "clown" for heckling.Findlay called for urgent talks across political parties led by by Health Secretary Jeane Freeman on emergency legislation to get safe and secure contact for families and care home residents.He
will be given jabs at 23 sites across Scotland under the initial phase of a national programme which will eventually see millions of people protected against coronavirus. Among those who will be first in line for the vaccine is Andrew Mencnarowski, a senior staff nurse at the Western General in Edinburgh.
coronavirus outbreak infected dozens of people at a Scots care home. Last week 72 residents and staff at Inchmarlo House, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire tested positive for the virus.
will be given jabs at 23 sites across Scotland under the initial phase of a national programme which will eventually see millions of people protected against coronavirus. Among those who will be first in line for the vaccine is Andrew Mencnarowski, a senior staff nurse at the Western General in Edinburgh.
pupils from less advantaged backgrounds.An analysis of attendance shows pupils in poorer areas are more likely to have taken time off in the health crisis.Figures at the end of November showed attendance ranged from 85.3% in the most deprived areas to 93.5% in the least deprived.Labour education spokesman Iain Gray said: “This isn’t an easy call, but in the interests of the pupils of Scotland it is time for John Swinney to swallow his pride and cancel the higher and advanced higher
Covid-19 cluster was identified. Health chiefs confirmed that half a dozen people who are linked to the outbreak at Craigie House Care Home in Crossgates have now lost their lives.
Covid-19 were detected. Inchmarlo Care Home in Banchory, Aberdeenshire has been closed to new admissions and visitors after the coronavirus outbreak.NHS Grampian say that the 44 cases affect both residents and staff.
READ MORE: Nicola Sturgeon says Scottish Government ‘ready to start Covid vaccines as soon as supplies arrive’Nicola Sturgeon is due to give today’s daily update on the pandemic in Scotland at lunchtime.The First Minister will deliver today’s figures on the impact of the virus from Edinburgh at around 12.15pm, live on BBC Scotland.You can follow along here.Good morning and welcome to today’s coronavirus live blog.We’ll be bringing you all the latest update from the pandemic throughout the