Scottish Cabinet will meet today to discuss possible new Covid-19 restrictions

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The Scottish Cabinet is due to meet later today to discuss the possible reintroduction of tougher restrictions to stop the spread of Covid-19. The Scottish government has not suggested what sort of extra restrictions could be introduced, but Nicola Sturgeon suggested that further measures could be rolled out “in the near future” because it is “vital that we do everything we can” to slow the virus and that “not acting costs lives”.

Some government advisers have backed the idea of a “circuit breaker” lockdown which National Clinical Director Jason Leitch said could push the course of the pandemic back by 28 days and “buy time” ahead of winter, but Nicola Sturgeon has also stressed that the term circuit breaker could mean “a number of things”, and said she would give the public and parliament “as much notice as possible” about any changes.

A further 697 cases of the virus were confirmed on Monday and the numbers being treated in hospital are also rising. There are currently 218 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with 22 of them in intensive care.

We’ll bring you all the latest on this story as it develops.

 

 

 

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Tags: COVID-19, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish cabinet, Scottish Government