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Covid in Moray: Travel restrictions could be imposed if Level 3 is extended © Supplied by Scottish Government Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Travel restrictions could be imposed in Moray next week if the region remains at Level 3 Covid restrictions. A final decision has been delayed until the end of the week with hopes that if case numbers drop significantly a delay can be avoided. Huge numbers of loca...

A study is to examine the long-term health of people who have had coronavirus. The Covid in Scotland Study (CISS) will begin recruiting soon, funded by the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office and led by the University of Glasgow. Researchers hope to identify how many people in Scotland continue to be unwell after having the virus, known as long Covid, as well as what their symptoms are and how it affects their lives. Professor Jill Pell, professor of public health at the University of Gl...

Scotland lockdown easing: What time is Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement today? Adam Forrest © Provided by Indy 100 First minister Nicola Sturgeon has said guiding Scotland safely through the Covid pandemic is her “number one priority” as she prepares to give her latest update on restrictions. The SNP leader is due to confirm whether the easing of curbs can go ahead next week as planned, in the hope of returning the country to “something much more like normality”. Ms ...

A further £40 million is also to be made available to help the cultural sector cope with the impact of the pandemic, she said, after refusing to relax plans to impose two metre social distancing on arts venues – despite warnings they would make live events financially unviable. Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on the steps outside Bute House in Edinburgh. On international travel, Ms Sturgeon also said the government would introduce a traffic light system, based on the s...

UK lowers COVID-19 alert level from ‘rising exponentially to ‘general circulation SECTIONS Last Updated: May 10, 2021, 07:12 PM IST Share Synopsis As Britain moves through its roadmap of easing lockdowns, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to confirm that more restrictions on indoor gatherings will be lifted from next Monday, the chief medical officers of all four regions of the UK agreed to a change in the alert level with a note of caution. Getty Images UK health chiefs on Monday agree...

10 May 2021 Following advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre and in the light of the most recent data, the UK Chief Medical Officers and NHS England National Medical Director agree that the UK alert level should move from level 4 to level 3. Thanks to the efforts of the UK public in social distancing and the impact we are starting to see from the vaccination programme, case numbers, deaths and COVID hospital pressures have fallen consistently. However COVID is still circulating with people ca...

Updated: Mon 10th May UK COVID-19 alert level moved from level four to three The four UK chief medical officers have announced the UK wide Covid-19 alert level will be lowered from four to three. In a joint statement released this morning, the CMOs said: “Following advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre and in the light of the most recent data, the UK Chief Medical Officers and NHS England National Medical Director agree that the UK alert level should move from level 4 to level 3. “Thank...

UK Lowers Covid-19 Alert Level from Rising Exponentially to General Circulation, But With a Note of Caution News18 5 days ago News18 © Provided by News18 UK Lowers Covid-19 Alert Level from Rising Exponentially to General Circulation, But With a Note of Caution UK health chiefs on Monday agreed to lower the country’s COVID-19 alert level from four to three, which indicates that coronavirus transmissions are no longer rising exponentially but are instead in general circula...

UK health chiefs on Monday agreed to lower the countrys COVID-19 alert level from four to three, which indicates that coronavirus transmissions are no longer rising exponentially but are instead in general circulation. The five-level alert system was devised last year to determine the levels of lockdown and social distancing required to keep the rate of infections from the deadly virus under check. As Britain moves through its roadmap of easing lockdowns, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson se...

Sturgeon set to sign up to traffic lights system to allow quarantine free foreign travel for Scots Dan Sanderson © PIKSEL/iStockphoto Children running at the beach, Praia da Boneca, Lagos, Portugal - one of the few green list countries - PIKSEL/iStockphoto Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce that quarantine-free foreign travel will be allowed from Scotland within weeks, as she prepared to back down from a threat to ban overseas trips this summer. The First Minister, who had pr...