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Scotland will have its own genomic sequencing centre as part of a £13m investment HEALTH officials expect turnaround times for identifying coronavirus variants of concern to be sped up as part of a £13 million genomic sequencing centre to be set up in Scotland. Nicola Sturgeon announced the investment at her daily coronavirus briefing – with the funding to be used to set up the new facility over the next year. The First Minister said the genomic sequencing centre is “going to be re...

Rangers fans must be honest if asked about title celebrations in Glasgow Scotlands chief medical officer said it was vital that any supporter who reported covid symptoms was honest when asked by contact tracers about their movements in recent weeks Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Join thousands of fans who have signed up to our Rangers newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide ...

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Rangers fans who attended gatherings must be honest if approached by contact tracers RANGERS fans who attended gatherings in Glasgow "must be honest" if they are approached by NHS Test and Protect teams, Scotlands Chief Medical Officer has said. It comes after a small number of fans confessed to contact tracers they had been displaying symptoms after celebrating the clubs title win. Speaking at the daily coronavirus media briefing, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gregor Smith, thanked the s...

Submitting... Announcing the project at the daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Ms Sturgeon said: "I guess in simple arithmetic terms, if we were under 1,000 cases a day, once we get this operating at capacity, we would have the capacity to do that [sequence all cases].” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a £13m genomic sequencing centre The UK is considered a world leader in genomic testing. Chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith said: “One of the things that’s happened over t...

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she will take the coronavirus vaccine “without hesitation” when she is invited, despite some European countries pausing…

THE Scottish Government has apologised after a delay to vaccine letters saw some East Lothian residents miss their coronavirus vaccination…

Subway staff in Glasgow have been told that extra services will be running this weekend amid fears fans will flout a stay-at-home message if the…

The First Minister said that the slight rise in cases could be caused by people moving around more generally as part of the schools reopening.

Scotland has recorded 456 positive coronavirus tests in the past 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon said.