Nicola Sturgeon's Glasgow lockdown U-turn will cost restaurants and bars £1m per day

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.

First Minister said the situation remained "fragile" but added there was growing confidence that the on-going vaccination programme was reducing the number of people who required hospital treatment after testing positive for coronavirus. It comes as parts of the country prepare to move from Level 2 to Level 1 of lockdown restrictions as of midnight on Friday, while Glasgow will move from Level 3 to Level 2.

First Minister told MSPs today that mistakes were made during the first weeks of the global coronavirus pandemic in March last year. It comes as Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar accused the Scottish Government of being in "lockstep" with Westminster over when big decisions to tackle covid were implemented.

Level 2. Changes are due to come into effect in a weeks time on June 7.

Level 2. Changes are due to come into effect in a weeks time on June 7.

coronavirus advisor has claimed. Professor Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh has urged policymakers to reopen the country cautiously amid concerns over the mutant strain of the virus, reports Glasgow Live.

virus expert. Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, said Holyrood leaders repeated the same devastating errors as Westminster.

Level Three for a number of weeks after cases started to creep up in some parts for the city. The south side of Glasgow has been an area badly hit by the rise in cases over the last month.

coronavirus briefing later today as cases in parts of Scotland continue to rise. The First Minister will issue an update on the situation in Glasgow as cases of the virus spread.

Glasgow as cases of the virus spread across parts of the city. Scotland's largest city is currently stuck in Level Three lockdown while the rest of the mainland is in Level Two and much of the island community is at Level One.

Level Three lockdown situation in Glasgow. Cases in Scotland's biggest city have increased over the last month which led the Scottish Government to take the decision to keep it at Level Three.

Rangers during attempts to secure the club’s financial future, a court has heard. David Whitehouse, 55, told the Court of Session today the First Minister didn’t want the Scottish Governmen t to intervene when the club was placed in administration in 2012.

First Minister said there would be a “number of reasons” for figures showing around half the coronavirus vaccine appointments at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro vaccination centre this weekend were missed.There were many cancellations and non-attendances on Saturday and Sunday amid rising case numbers in the city which remains at level three lockdown.Speaking at the Scottish government covid briefing on Tuesday the First Minister urged young people in the 18-29 cohort to make sure they registered for their

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Eurovision fans bombarded First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with requests for a Scottish song entry while they watched the contest - and saw a Lewis Capaldi doppelganger. Scots fans got very excited about Norway's entry looking a bit like our own Lewis Capaldi.

Glasgow for another week at this stage.She said "extensive" public health measures had been deployed and that cases are still rising.Sturgeon said she was "fairly certain" the increases were being driven by the so-called Indian variant, which she said was believed to be even more transmissible than the Kent variant.She added that Glasgow city had not yet turned the corner, but insisted she was "confident" the public health measures would be effectiveLevel 3 means pubs and restaurants cannot

First Minister made the announcement at a media briefing in Edinburgh today where she also announced Glasgow would remain at Level 3 for now.

covid pandemic. He replaces Jeane Freeman, who retired as an MSP at the last election.A Scottish Government press release said: “Humza Yousaf becomes Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, with responsibility for the NHS, including ongoing health service remobilisation as we move out of the pandemic.

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.

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