Senior SNP ministers have been accused of "deeply irresponsible" scaremongering after doctors said there is no evidence to back up their claims that young children may be more at risk of developing serious illness if they catch new Covid.
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Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf NICOLA Sturgeon has stressed nobody in the Scottish Government is trying to alarm people after her Health Secretary was criticised for claiming 10 young children had been hospitalised “because of Covid”. Humza Yousaf said he never meant “to cause undue alarm amongst parents” when he used the figure on Wednesday to warn against travelling to councils where soft play areas are open. It later emerged the claim was not backed up by data. The Scottish Tories said his comments were a terrible example of scaremongering during a health crisis . Addressing the issue at a Scottish Government coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said Mr Yousaf had misspoken.