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Test every day for seven days. if one of the test is positive self isolation will then be required. anyone identified as a close contact over 18 and four months and not fully vaccinated will still be asked to self—isolate for ten days and to take a pcr test. these changes are significant and they are not completely without risk but at this stage of the pandemic they do strike an appropriate balance between the continued importance of self isolation and breaking change of transmission and reduc...

For distancing between groups of people in public indoor places and for table service and hospitality venues serving alcohol on the premises will remain in force for now and indeed i expect until the 17th of january. while this is now and indeed i expect until the 17th ofjanuary. while this is not now and indeed i expect until the 17th of january. while this is not a legal requirement, we are continuing to strongly advise the general public to limit contact with people and other households as fa...

Very widespread transmission of omicron is such that the daily recorded tally of cases which has always been an underestimate of the true level of infection, now gives us an even less comprehensive indicator of how prevalent the virus is. the weekly survey published by the office of national statistics gives a better indication, in the week to the 23rd of december it suggested that one in a0 people in scotland had covid. the results of the most recent survey published just a few minutes ago sugg...

Line with those. in scotland we count the day of a positive test as day one in isolation but this is counted as day zero in england and in england you can end self isolation after day five and in scotland on day seven so a slightly different way of defining the beginning and the end of the self isolation period has given the impression of difference but the substance, the period people are asked to self—isolate for is in fact the same in scotland and england and it is important that people are...

The pandemic so far and will almost certainly become even more so in the days to come. this has extremely serious implications for the nhs and social care but also a severe and increasing impact on the economy and other critical services. this is primarily because a very high numbers of people off work with covid but it is of course compounded by the wider requirements for self isolation. we have been considering very carefully the risks and benefits of changes to self isolation requirements and...

Discharge and targeting additional capacity where possible and work is also under way to develop alternative patient pathways for people with covid, enabling them where possible and appropriate to remain at home with appropriate monitoring and advice rather than be admitted to hospital and this work will also help identify at an earlier stage patients are likely to benefit from new antiviral treatments. we can all help the nhs by taking steps to reduce transmission of the virus as much as possib...

Collective benefit but it also helps protect us as individuals. at least one in 20 of us have the virus, as is the case now, so the risk of getting it when we mix with others is really significant. if we limit the occasions on which we do mix we also reduce our own risk of catching also reduce our own risk of catching a virus that we know could have a nasty impact on our health. trying to stem transmission at least to some degree is also important for the nhs which is under increasing pressure. ...

Have some restriction on large potentially super spreader events right now, if we did not have measures in place to try to stem to at least to some extent the transmission in high—risk settings like hospitality and if we were not advising the public and they were not responding so well, to cut contacts, then at higher rates that we are seeing right now are likely to be even higher and the pressure on the nhs significant so i think we are right to be trying to apply some breaks, notwithstanding...

When _ calling for since the first day and when they— calling for since the first day and when they were introduced we said this policy— when they were introduced we said this policy was not sustainable. every— this policy was not sustainable. every other part of the uk made the change _ every other part of the uk made the change but — every other part of the uk made the change but scotland was left as an outlier _ change but scotland was left as an outlier soak first minister, why did i...