Nicola Sturgeon recalls her 'heartbreak' following death of Scotland's first Asian MSP

coronavirus case number in all local authority areas in Scotland has been published by health officials.Public Health Scotland said that in the week between February 15 and 21, Scotland recorded a total of 5,736 positive cases of Covid-19 - which represents 5.0% of people tested for the virus.Scotland’s seven-day positivity rate per 100,000 population in those seven days stood at 105.0, according to the latest data.Falkirk recorded the highest number of cases per 100,000 population during this

latest plan to ease restrictions yesterday but it was criticised for not looking beyond the end of April.The UK Government's routemap out of lockdown for England claimed all social restrictions could end as early as June 21.But Sturgeon said she would be “making it up” if she gave a specific date for the end of coronavirus restrictions.Speaking at the coronavirus briefing in Edinburgh on Wednesday, the SNP leader questioned Johnson's June 21 date.“If I was to give you a fixed, hard and fast date

could be back in class by March 15 with high schools fully open by April 5.But opposition MSPs and business leaders criticised today's document for lacking detail.Speaking to MSPs, Sturgeon said lockdown would ease in phases - separated by intervals of at least three weeks - culminating in the removal of the stay at home order on April 5.Scotland will move back to a regional system of restrictions by the end of that month.The rest of primary school years, as well as more senior phase pupils in

"route map" is published.

First Minister left a four nations call with the Prime Minister and the leaders of the other devolved administrations to take part in her regular coronavirus broadcast today.With the call between the leaders coming as plans for the easing of lockdown restrictions are being unveiled, the Scottish Tories accused the First Minister of having the wrong priority.A Conservative spokesman said: “It will raise more than a few eyebrows that Nicola Sturgeon’s priority is the BBC briefing over working

Nicola Sturgeon is set to unveil Scotland's route out of lockdown this week as she outlines when and how the country will lift restrictions.The First Minister will make a statement to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, where she is expected to lay out the lockdown action plan for the coming weeks and months.It is hoped a decision will be made on how Scotland will gradually return to normality, with the next steps for local lockdown levels, travel and socialising.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The First Minister announced that a further 685 positive cases have been detected overnight, bringing the total to 194,954.The Scottish death toll now stands at 6,885 since the start of the pandemic last March.

lockdown since Christmas with non-essential shops shut, almost all hospitality businesses closed and a ban on travelling outwith local council areas.The First Minister is expected to say that schools can begin reopening to the youngest primary pupils from next week, with limited numbers of senior high school students also allowed to return to class.But Scots will be hoping she can also provide some detail on when the toughest lockdown restrictions can expect to be eased.The number of positive

Nicola Sturgeon has led tributes to Scots entertainment legend Sydney Devine, who died at the age of 81.The First Minister said the country and Western singer’s name was “synonymous with Scottish entertainment”.She wrote on Twitter: “So sad. For Scots of a certain vintage - which definitely includes me - the name Sydney Devine was once synonymous with Scottish entertainment.

Jeane Freeman said Scotland should hit its target of vaccinating 400,000 adults a week ahead of schedule this week - but added the programme will then “need to scale back a bit”.A drop in supply across all four UK nations is being caused by work being carried out by Pfizer – the manufacturer of one of the approved vaccines.The company is having to temporarily reduce output as part of an overall effort to increase manufacturing capacity amid worldwide demand for vaccines.Nicola Sturgeon said on

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed five people have died overnight after testing positive for coronavirus.The First Minister also announced 928 new cases of coronavirus in Scotland over the past 24 hours bringing the total number of cases since start of the pandemic to 186,720.The Scottish Government unveiled the figures meaning there has now been 6,443 deaths in Scotland since last March from the virus.There are 1, 672 people in hospital with recently confirmed COVID-19 and 108 in intensive

Nicola Sturgeon announced the latest figures at the daily Covid-19 briefing where she revealed there had been a further 1,149 cases of the virus overnight.

First Minister met with her Scottish Government Cabinet this morning where it was agreed that children in primaries one, two and three should provisionally return to class from the week beginning Monday, February 22. Pre-school nurseries would also reopen at the same time as part of a gradual reopening of the wider schools system.

Nicola Sturgeon said restrictions “are working” as infection levels dip, but in a statement at the Scottish Parliament warned the pandemic is still not under enough control. Sturgeon said: “The current lockdown, including the stay at home except for essential purposes requirement, needs to remain in place until at least the end of February.” Alarm at the spread of mutated covid-19 has forced the whole of the UK to cope with serious restrictions covering all aspects of daily life.

Captain Tom Moore was unable to get coronavirus jab due to pneumonia treatmentThe UK Government has ordered an extra 40 million doses of the Valneva covid-vaccine which is being manufactured in Scotland.The move means 100 million doses of Valneva have now been put on order, enough for every adult in the UK, with the latest batch earmarked for delivery in 2022.It comes as Scotland’s vaccination programme gathers pace with the opening of major hubs in Edinburgh and Aberdeen from today.READ MORE:

Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative leader, will today say that the First Minister is willing to risk Scotland’s economic recovery by ramping up the SNP’s push for another referendum before Christmas The Tory leader will use a speech on Monday to respond to renewed SNP demands for a second re-run vote and the threat to legislate for a referendum without the Section 30 powers from the UK government.Ross hit out at the so-called wildcat referendum plan contained in Constitutional Secretary

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The First Minister also announced that 1,201 new cases of COVID-19 were reported overnight, taking the total figure to 176,533.