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.
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First Minister is due to host a covid briefing on Tuesday - her first since last week's Holyrood election - in which she will detail a significant relaxation of rules as the number of covid cases across the country continues to tumble.Non-essential overseas travel has been banned since last year and the SNP leader has previously expressed doubt over whether the rules could be eased this month.But it's understood the Scottish Government is now planning to introduce a traffic lights system -
.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.
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.
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.
100 days of government the First Minister told MSPs the "most important priority" is to lead Scotland safely out of the pandemic. She said an announcement will come in the next three weeks on how Scotland will look once the levels system is scrapped."As we come out of the pandemic, there will be bumps in the road - as we are experiencing in Glasgow just now," she said."But the vaccine rollout gives us firm hope that we are on the right track.
coronavirus briefing later today as cases rise in some parts of the country.The First Minister will provide an update on the state of the pandemic in Scotland as the country slowly moves out of lockdown.It's expected Sturgeon will address the situation in Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and East Renfrewshire where cases of the virus are particularly high.Glasgow is the only council area in Scotland that remains in Level Three lockdown, while the rest of the mainland sits in Level Two.The news comes as
Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and East Renfrewshire where cases of the virus are particularly high. Glasgow is the only council area in Scotland that remains in Level Three lockdown, while the rest of the mainland sits in Level Two.
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
Perthshire -based Scottish Conservative decided to pen a letter to the first minister after being contacted by several local venues concerned they may have to cancel planned events for a second year in a row. It comes after confirmation the organisers of the Rewind Festival at Scone Palace have decided to cancel this year’s intended gathering based on the government’s latest guidance for venues.
Nicola Sturgeon has signalled she will bring a bill proposing a referendum to parliament next Spring.
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.
rising SNP star becomes Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, including responsibility for the Scottish Budget, fiscal policy, taxation, and economic strategy. Forbes, who only entered parliament in 2016, must now try and revive Scotland's struggling economy which has taken an unprecedented battering after months of repeated lockdowns.
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.
cases in Scotland's largest city. She is also expected to give a wider update on the situation across Scotland.
SNP leader in a special session later today. Nicola Sturgeon will be sworn in as First Minister, however Rennie says it "should not just be an SNP cakewalk".
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
Level Two restrictions from Monday, however Moray is expected to remain at Level Three due to the number of cases in the region. The island communities are expected to move down to Level One.
Nicola Sturgeon as he backed calls for another independence referendum. The Line of Duty star said the SNP leader was the 'most competent' person to lead Scotland to recovery following the economic fallout from coronavirus lockdowns.
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. The Scottish Government's National Clinical Director Professor Jason Leitch said cases in Scotland's biggest city are higher than they would like and urged people to follow the rules to stop the further spread of the variant that has killed thousands in India.
Scottish Government's traffic lights system - similar to the one announced by Boris Johnson in England - will come into effect from Monday. Countries are to be classified as green, amber and red and a review will take place every four weeks.