As the country moved into level zero on Monday, the latest figures published by the Scottish Government reveal that Midlothian has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases, closely followed by Dundee City and East Lothian.
View email online | | | | | Jul 20, 2021 | | | | | | | Sam Shedden | Engagement Editor |
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Good morning, Welcome to your daily newsletter from The Scotsman How is everyone finding Level 0, feel any different? Are you optimistic about the future now or do you think we're moving too quickly out of lockdown? This afternoon we'll hear from Nicola Sturgeon as she gives an update on the nation's health in her all too familiar Covid briefing. Follow along with all the latest news as it happens on our Live Blog. We'd love to hear your thoughts. We publish your letters daily. Send your letters to lettersts@scotsman.com Don't forget to gain unlimited access to absolutely everything on our website - exclusives, expert analysis, breaking news, agenda-setting opinion - you can subscribe to The Scotsman from just £3 a month. Subscribe today, here. | |
| | | | | Here are the 12 areas of Scotland with highest covid rates as restrictions ease | | | | | | As the country moved into level zero on Monday, the latest figures published by the Scottish Government reveal that Midlothian has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases, closely followed by Dundee City and East Lothian. | | | | |
| | | | | | | The 12 areas with the highest Covid rates in Scotland As the country moved into level zero on Monday, the latest figures published by the Scottish Government reveal the areas with the highest number of Covid-19 cases. The whole of Scotland moved to the lowest level of its five-tier system on Monday. However, Nicola Sturgeon has warned Covid restrictions are being “eased, not abandoned” as ‘Freedom Day’ applies to England only. The 2,000-year-old village in Outer Hebrides at risk of falling into the sea The remains of a 2,000-year-old village in the Outer Hebrides which are at risk of falling into the sea will be surveyed as part of “urgent” work to record the impact of coastal erosion on Scotland’s historic sites. The tiny island off North Uist, was home to a significant Iron Age settlement around 25 BC to 380 AD with remains of a number of dwellings exposed by the receding coastline earlier excavated. The site is now one of around a dozen to be included in a new research project that will look in detail at coastal historic sites at risk from environmental changes EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Government forced to apologise to vaccine manufacturers Ministers were forced to write letters of apology to the managing directors of Pfizer and AstraZeneca after publishing commercially sensitive information around Covid-19 vaccine supply, The Scotsman can reveal. Ministers were forced to write letters of apology to the managing directors of Pfizer and AstraZeneca after publishing commercially sensitive information around Covid-19 vaccine supply, The Scotsman can reveal. Read the full story here. Thanks for reading, Sam Shedden | |
| | | | | Scottish Government forced to apologise to vaccine manufacturers over deployment plan fiasco | | Ministers were forced to write letters of apology to the managing directors of Pfizer and AstraZeneca after publishing commercially sensitive information around Covid-19 vaccine supply, The Scotsman can reveal. |
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| | | | | | | | | Boris Johnson accused of resisting second lockdown as people dying were ‘all over 80’ | | Boris Johnson resisted imposing a second Covid-19 lockdown in England last year because the people dying from the virus were “essentially all over 80”, Dominic Cummings has claimed. |
| | | | | | Here's when Nicola Sturgeon is giving her next Covid update to Holyrood today | | The First Minister is set to give her next Covid update on Tuesday, urging the public to continue to follow current guidelines as the country moved to level 0 on 19 July. |
| | | | | | Sturgeon's caution approach is better than Johnson's irresponsible and chaotic one – Angus Robertson MSP | | The contrast couldn’t be more striking. As Scotland moves forward cautiously in dealing with the pandemic and infection rates are declining, the UK government’s much vaunted ‘Freedom Day’ is overshadowed by bad news. |
| | | | | | Cummings claims Johnson tried to visit Queen amid Downing Street Covid outbreak in explosive new interview | | Boris Johnson said he did not believe the NHS would be overwhelmed by coronavirus and suggested people “get Covid and live longer” because most deaths occur in elderly patients, explosive messages released by Dominic Cummings have claimed. |
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