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Updated: February 2, 2021, 12:10 pm © SYSTEM Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Public health expert Linda Bauld has said a stricter quarantine policy that may be introduced by the Scottish Government later today would be “quite tricky” to enforce if the rest of the UK does not co-ordinate with it. Professor Bauld speculated that Nicola Sturgeon could announce a mandatory hotel quarantine period for “almost everybody” who comes into Scotland when she gives the coronavirus update to parliament lat...

THE UK’s governments have been urged to show some courage and scrap plans to ease coronavirus restrictions over Christmas.  Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, said allowing households to mix over the holidays would lead to a “miserable" January and February. Last month, the governments in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast agreed a joint approach, allowing three households to form a bubble and mix between December 23 and 27. But, with rising case numbers, and the discovery of a new strain of Covid, that decision has come under pressure.  ...

THE relaxation of strict Covid rules over Christmas will go ahead - despite dire warnings from public health experts.  The four nations of the UK have agreed not to change the legal regulations, though there will be a toughening up of the language, with people urged not to travel and not to mix unless they absolutely have to. Last month the governments in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast agreed a joint approach, allowing three households to form a bubble and mix between December 23 and 27. But, with rising case numbers, and the discovery of a new strain of Covid, that decisio...

Trending The latest official figures from the Government have revealed that there are 21,502 new positive cases in the UK. This has seen the total number of people infected in the past seven days rise to 124,988. In Wales, positive tests for coronavirus surpassed 100,000 on Saturday. This came a day after Wales recorded its highest case rates since the beginning of the pandemic. The Government has said that no more than three households can stay together to form a "Christmas bubble" from 23 to 27 December. This Christmas relaxation of restrictions has been agreed by all four UK nations. Speak...