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The First Minister made the announcement at Holyrood on Tuesday as part of the latest review of the route map out of lockdown.
Coronavirus restrictions on passengers travelling to Scotland from abroad are to end this week. The announcement comes after a meeting between the four UK nations on Monday which decided all ...
COVID-19 policies in Scotland began to diverge with those elsewhere in the UK as the first lockdown was lifted starting in April 2020. The Scottish government pursued a zero-COVID strategy aiming to eliminate the virus entirely in 2020, lifted lockdown rules more gradually than the rest of the country, and expanded testing capacity.
Restrictions on visiting other households are reintroduced in Glasgow and the neighbouring areas of West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire following a rise in COVID-19 cases. [176] The Scottish Government announces that travellers from Greece to Scotland will be required to quarantine from 4 am on 3 September. [177] 2 September –
5 July – Professor Jim McManus, president of the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), tells the COVID-19 inquiry that communication from central government was "lacking" and "unclear" during the pandemic, with local health officials often hearing about policy changes from television news conferences rather than directly from ...
21 February – Retailers urge the Scottish Government to provide greater clarity on the COVID regulations affecting shops ahead of its plans to set out its strategy for living with the virus. [ 57 ] 22 February – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that all COVID legal measures in Scotland, including the wearing of face coverings, will ...
Professor Mark Woolhouse, a member of the Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group, tells the COVID-19 Inquiry that senior members of the Scottish Government "froze" at the beginning of the pandemic, ignoring the advice of experts, and also claims hundreds of people may have died after being told not to "bother" the NHS. [17]
The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry is an independent public inquiry into Scotland's response to, and the impact of, the COVID-19 pandemic, and to learn lessons for the future. The Inquiry will investigate aspects of the devolved strategic response to the pandemic, and it will cover health, education and support. [ 1 ]