This week ‘critical’ for Glasgow in bid to ease curbs Top Story May 25, 2021 GLASGOW: This week will be critical in Glasgow’s hopes of seeing Covid-19 restrictions ease, the Health Secretary has said.The decision was taken to keep Scotland’s biggest city under Level 3 restrictions while the rest of the country – excluding Moray, which was then also moved down – went to Level 2 earlier this month. On Sunday, the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area reported a seven-day case rate per 100,000 people of 95.7, more than double the Scottish average of 42.5.A decision on whether the city will also be able to see restrictions ease is expected later this week but Humza Yousaf said this week would be “critical”. “There’s a range of data we look at,” the Health Secretary said.