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A nurse prepares a dose of Covid-19 vaccine (Picture: Nick Potts/PA)

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The swift development of a Covid vaccine was fortunate, but the next pandemic organism could be a fungus, rather than a bacterium or a virus, warns Professor Harry Burns (Picture: Michael Gillen)

The next pandemic could be caused by fungus – Professor Harry Burns

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A member of staff at University Hospital Monklands tends to a Covid-positive patient in the intensive care unit earlier this month (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Professor Sir Harry Burns

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NHSClinical staff wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Picture: Neil Hall/PA Wire

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Former Chief Medical Office Sir Harry Burns.

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Image of Dr Catherine Calderwood who has been removed as the face of the SNP government NHS campaigns, but will keep her role as adviser - Scotland's chief medical officer has apologised "unreservedly" for visiting her second home in Fife during the coronavirus lockdown. Dr Catherine Calderwood said she would continue to focus on her job.
She is facing mounting criticism after pictures of her family trip to Earlsferry were published in The Scottish Sun. There have been calls for her to step down over the matter with MSPs describing her position as "untenable". Together with Nicola Sturgeon, Dr Calderwood has been leading calls for the public to stay at home to defeat the virus. In a statement issued on Sunday she said: "While there are reasons for what I did, they do not justify it and they were not legitimate reasons to be out of my home.
"While I and my family followed the guidance on social distancing at all times, I understand that I did not follow the advice I am giving to others, and I am truly sorry for that.
"I know how important this advice is and I do not want my mistake to distract from that.
"I have a job to do as chief medical officer to provide advice to ministers on the path of this virus and to support the medical profession as they work night and day to save lives, and having spoken with the first minister this morning I will continue to focus entirely on that job."
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