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Updated: 24 Apr 2021, 22:45 PUBS could fully open with no mask-wearing before the end of June, leaked details from a meeting between officials suggest. We can reveal growing optimism among authorities following a top-level summit between the Scottish Government, the NHS and cops amid plummeting case numbers and the vaccine rollout success. ⚠️ Read our  5 Pubs could fully open by June with no masksCredit: Getty A source told The Scottish Sun on Sunday of a positive atmosphere at this week�...

SCOTS are being urged to use rapid coronavirus tests being made available from tomorrow, even if they have no symptoms of the virus. Free lateral flow home test kits will be available for pick up without an appointment from local walk-in or drive-through test sites from 3.30pm each day, or by ordering online or by phone. Each pack contains seven rapid lateral flow device tests that can provide results in around 30 minutes. The aim is for people to test themselves twice-weekly to find ca...

The Mail on Sunday The Scottish Secretary questioned why the SNP is obsessed with tearing the Union apart as it has been "our strength" in fighting Covid. Alister Jack said the concentration should be on a "congent plan for years of economic recovery" rather than "an independence pipe dream" "They keep repeating their one note song of separation as they opportunistically plot the break-up of the United Kingdom. Yet that Union is not some abstract, historical notion. It is something which...

Everyone in Scotland will be able to access rapid coronavirus testing, even if they have no symptoms, from Monday to help find cases that might be missed. Medical experts said the expansion of testing will help efforts to ease the country out of lockdown safely as it will be important to spot and prevent new outbreaks as cases emerge. Free lateral flow home test kits will be available for people to pick up without an appointment from many local walk-in or drive-through test sites from 3.3...

Her first jag was administered on January 13 during a home visit by a district nurse. Mr Kane said he had been told by his mother’s GP surgery that they were receiving “lots of calls” from people worried that they or a relative had been waiting too long. “It seems there are lots of elderly people in the same position as my Mum,” he said. Most GP practices are vaccinating the over-80s themselves, but a mixed model has been in place in Lanarkshire for the housebound. As a resu...

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What time is Nicola Sturgeon Speaking? Ms Sturgeon will hold the coronavirus briefing at 12pm today along with chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith and national clinical director Jason Leitch. The live briefing will take place in St Andrews House. What is Nicola Sturgeon expected to announce? As per last week’s briefing, Ms Sturgeon is expected to announce Scotland’s move into level 3 of coronavirus restrictions. In her announcement last week, Ms Sturgeon pointed towards the full outdoor o...

ANYONE travelling to Scotland’s islands once restrictions lift on Monday (26 April) are being encouraged to have self-administered Covid tests before they travel, first minister Nicola Sturgeon says. People are asked to take a lateral flow test – which involves taking a swab from the nose or throat – twice before heading to an island, such as Shetland. 9 of 14Adverts They should take one three days before travelling, and on the day. Sturgeon said from Monday 26 April, when tourist travel ...

Submitting... Nicola Sturgeon defended her decision to relax Covid-19 measures "This is not an exact science, it involves a lot of difficult judgements. "I like to think most judgements we get overall right, but some judgements we might not at some moments. But we are trying to do it at a pace we think is sustainable so that we open up gradually in a way that allows people to get back to some sort of normality, but still keep this virus under control.” Chief medical officer Gregor Smith also...

Nicola Sturgeon gave an update on Scotlands coronavirus situation FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced some changes to lockdown easing focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. People living in Scotland will be allowed to travel outside of their local authority area for outdoor socialising from Friday, while the number of people allowed to meet outdoors will increase from four people from two households to six people from six households. Speaking at a coronavirus briefing,...