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Go-ahead to travel across Scotland once more should not impact on case numbers, predicts Professor Hugh Pennington © DCT Media 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 The north and north-east is in a “good place” to enjoy the lifting of local travel restrictions from today thanks to a maintained drop in coronavirus cases. Renowned microbiologist Hugh Pennington claims residents “shouldn’t see too much of an impact�...

Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The north of Scotland must “hold its nerve for another month or two” before it can begin to think about the relaxation of coronavirus lockdown measures, an expert has warned. Professor Hugh Pennington says the regions are in a “favourable” position in terms of case numbers but there are many factors at play across the country. The Aberdeen University microbiologist said: “So far all the statistics are going in the right direction. “The number of people vaccin...

The Scottish Covid detection rate of 32 per cent was less than half that found in Wales (70 per cent) and Northern Ireland (81 per cent).