Nicola Sturgeon Covid update RECAP: First Minister to address Scotland's lockdown restrictions as stricter Portugal travel rules come into force
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Nicola Sturgeon Covid update RECAP: First Minister to address Scotland’s lockdown restrictions as stricter Portugal travel rules come into force
Key Events
- All travellers returning from Portugal will have to isolate for 10 days
- Calls to speed up vaccination programme in Scotland as all over 25’s in England and all adults in Wales are invited to apply for their vaccines
Nicola Sturgeon to address parliament shortly after 2pm
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to update the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood on Tuesday at around 2.20pm on the coronavirus situation in Scotland.
It is expected that she will reference the six month milestone since the first vaccines were administers in Scotland as well as the new rules which came into force at 4am today requiring travellers from Scotland to quarantine for 10 days when they arrive home.
Scotland's Covid vaccine programme, six months on
Six months ago today the first Covid-19 vaccines were given in Scotland, to huge excitement that they marked the beginning of the end of this brutal pandemic.
The vaccines have directly enabled the recent easing of restrictions, and will hopefully continue to do so, but they came much slower than many initially hoped.
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Analysis: Scotland's Covid vaccine programme, six months on
Six months ago today the first Covid vaccines were given in Scotland, to huge excitement that they marked the beginning of the end of this brutal pandemic.
'Urgent measures' needed to stop school virus spread as under-15 case numbers match second wave peak
Governments need to stop maintaining the “false narrative” that children do not transmit Covid and take urgent mitigation measures in schools, a senior epidemiologist has warned, as Scottish Government data revealed cases in under-15’s are at the same level as they were at the peak of the second wave.
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Governments need to stop maintaining the "false narrative" that children do not transmit Covid and take urgent mitigation measures in schools, a senior epidemiologist has warned, as Scottish Government data revealed cases in under-15s are at the same level as they were at the peak of the second wave.
Calls have been made to speed up Scotland’s Covid vaccine rollout as bookings opened for all over 25s in England and all adults in Wales.
Everyone aged over 25 in England will be able to book a vaccine from Tuesday, UK health secretary Matt Hancock has said.
Meanwhile Wales has announced it will complete vaccination six weeks ahead of schedule, with all over 18s to be given an appointment by next Monday.
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