'Scotland is entering third wave of Covid-19'

Jun 2, 2021

Sam Shedden

Engagement Editor

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Yesterday we heard First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insist Scotland is still at a “delicate and fragile point” in the battle with the virus, in an announcement on restrictions which she described as a “mixed bag”.

More alarmingly, Jason Leitch the national clinical director warned the Indian variant “is causing us some challenge and is spreading quicker than we hoped” and revealed his concern Scotland is at the start of a third wave.

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