Warning over new Omicron symptom that appears when you are asleep

Lateral flow testing is as important as ever as Scots are no longer required to take a PCR test to confirm a positive Covid result.

Covid infections continue to rise in Scotland following the emergence of the new Omicron variant over the past few weeks.

Scotland's self-isolation rules are changing this week, with different rules depending on whether you are vaccinated.

Scotland's struggling health service faces a “substantial wave of hospitalisations” over the next two months caused by Omicron, an expert has warned.

More than 12.4 million older people across the UK are currently receiving regular monthly payments through their State Pension, including 981,399 Scots.

Omicron is rapidly spreading and the variant has now become the dominant strain in the UK.

Thousands of frontline emergency service staff are off work due to the new Omicron Covid variant.

The Scottish Government has confirmed ONE new coronavirus death and 177 new Omicron cases have been reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours.

COVID-19.Yesterday (December 22), Public Health Scotland reported an estimated 22,000 cases of the latest variant of the virus had been recorded in the country as of December 19. Of those, only 10 people had been admitted to hospital.Following tighter restrictions being introduced for large events and hospitality venues earlier this year, a new law has now been announced that will see nightclubs shuttered for three weeks.

Nightclubs in Scotland will be expected to close for three weeks as part of the latest Omicron restrictions, John Swinney has announced.

The Omicron variant appears to be milder with less people ending up in hospital, according to a new study carried out by Scottish scientists.

Police want people to call them if they believe their neighbours could be the victim of domestic violence over the festive season.

Scottish singer KT Tunstall has just announced she will be headlining this years huge Hogmanay celebrations at Times Square in New York City.

Scots singer KT Tunstall has made the huge announcement she is headlining the Hogmanay bash at Times Square in New York City.

More covid restrictions could "potentially" be placed on Scots before Christmas over fears the Omicron variant may spread rapidly across the country.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Scots that Omicron will inflict “untold damage” on businesses and public services unless urgent action taken to stop it spreading.

New World game director Scot Lane has discussed the MMO’s rocky post-launch and shared more on how development has been impacted by exploits.In an interview with PCGamesN, Lane was asked how disruptive recent exploits have been to Amazon Game Studios‘ plans for server balancing.Lane admitted that “exploits have been very disruptive and we’ve had to put a large amount of our team’s focus into correcting them”.Lane adds that although “the percentage of players and companies using exploits is

Scots are likely to face new coronavirus restrictions in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron variant across the country, the Health Secretary has announced.

Early research is now being released about Omicron since the new variant was identified just two weeks ago.

Omicron is "galloping through Scotland" and should not be dismissed as a mild variant of coronavirus, John Swinney has warned.