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Updated: January 11, 2021, 6:24 pm Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Mass Covid vaccinations are due to begin across Scotland this year as the Scottish Government aim to make sure the country’s most vulnerable residents are protected. To do this, they are creating more than 1100 vaccine hubs, including more than 100 in...

Sturgeon warns stricter lockdown may be needed with NHS under ‘severe’ pressure Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Tougher lockdown restrictions could be needed in Scotland as the NHS is coming under “severe and increasing pressure” from coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon has warned. Days after mainland Scotland entered its seco...

Nicola Sturgeon warns of tougher lockdown as Covid death toll reaches record level for the second wave Updated: January 12, 2021, 7:15 pm © Supplied by Supplied Nicola Sturgeon at a coronavirus briefing. Scotland could face an even tougher lockdown with Nicola Sturgeon considering fresh restrictions on construction, manufacturing and click-and- collect services. The first minister revealed the Scottish Government’s anti-Covid measures are being reviewed as the nation recorded its highest num...

Foreign travel health rules updated Published: Part of: Travellers arriving in Scotland from Israel and Jerusalem must now quarantine on arrival for 10 days. A significant increase in cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in these countries as well as a rise in the numbers of cases testing positive, and the associated risk of importation into Scotland has led to the decisions to remove exemption status. The current additional restrictions in relation to South Africa are to rem...

Travellers from 11 more countries banned from Scotland Anyone arriving from Israel and Jerusalem must also now quarantine after exemption was removed. Updated Travellers from 11 more countries have been banned from Scotland (Image: Garry F McHarg / Daily Record) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these n...

Covid death toll hits record level for second wave Scotland could face an even tougher lockdown with Nicola Sturgeon considering fresh restrictions on construction, manufacturing and click-and- collect services. © Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland could face an even tougher lockdown with Nicola Sturgeon considering fresh restrictions on construction, manufacturing and click-and- collect servi...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images Medical staff are "well over half way through" vaccinating Scotlands care home residents with their first dose against Covid-19. The first minister said this was "extremely important", as care homes accounted for more than a third of Covid-related deaths in the past week. By Sunday more than 113,000 people in Scotland had been given their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Some 1,100 vaccination centres are set to be operational within a we...

“We are not planning, as things stand just now, to use it for Covid patients. “It’s not been lying able for the past few months – it has been seeing thousands of outpatients, it’s been used for a site for training of staff and students as well.” The First Minister stressed that pressure on NHS “is severe and it is increasing” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon She added: “We really can’t emphasise enough the pressure that is on the health service and the role all of us n...

Coronavirus: Israel, Jerusalem, Botswana, Mauritius and Seychelles added to Scotlands travel quarantining list Passengers arriving in Scotland from these countries must now self-isolate for 10 days after their arrival to the country. Updated Glasgow Airport. (Image: Media Scotland) Dont miss any of Glasgow Lives biggest stories - sign up to our daily email newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provi...

CLICK and collect shopping could be banned if Covid cases in Scotland continue to soar, the First Minister has warned.  Speaking at the Scottish Government’s daily coronavirus briefing, Nicola Sturgeon said the NHS was coping at the moment, but was “under severe and increasing pressure." The number of people in hospital with the virus rose to 1467 yesterday, close to the peak of the first wave. One of the big differences between this lockdown and the restrictions in place last Marc...