Nicola Sturgeon Omicron update RECAP: First Minister confirms change to self isolation rules
The First Minister will address Parliament virtually on Wednesday at 2pm to give an update on the Covid-19 situation as the Omicron variant sweeps across the country.
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Nicola Sturgeon Omicron update LIVE: First Minister to update MSPs amid calls to change Covid-19 self-isolation period
Wales has also said that asymptomatic people who test positive on a lateral flow test will no longer require a confirmatory PCR test.
The change will come into effect from Thursday January 6.
The Welsh Government estimates it will reduce the demand for PCR tests by between 5% and 15%.
Nicola Sturgeon says she is unaware of any additional funding coming from the UK Government but that the Scottish Government are providing as much support as they can from their own resources.
If you are just joining us - Coronavirus isolation in Scotland will be cut from 10 to seven days from midnight, if people are negative on lateral flow tests for the last two days and have no fever, Nicola Sturgeon has announced at the Scottish Parliament.
Sue Webber asks if the FM will apologise to Conversative Dr Sandesh Gulhane for misrepresenting his position. Nicola Sturgeon says she will not as she does not have any need to do that and did not intend to misrepresent anyone.
She says that her understanding was Dr Sandesh was suggesting that restrictions lacked evidence, and she says that she felt the implementation was obvious.