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Scotland has registered its second-highest number of new coronavirus infections, although the latest figure is almost 3, 000 behind the previous day’s record number of cases. Covid-19 statistics released on Tuesday show there were 17, 259 new infections reported in Scotland, with a test positivity rate of 35.3%.It is significantly below the 20, 217 cases recorded on Monday, although Public Health Scotland has warned there are currently delays reporting test results. Patients in hospital with cor

SNP ministers were on Friday urged to" stop dragging their heels" on scrapping face masks in schools after Scotland's national clinical adviser said the" day is coming" when the requirement will end. Prof Jason Leitch said he believed secondary pupils would soon no longer have to wear face coverings in class, although he did not know exactly when the restriction would be lifted. His intervention came less than 24 hours after John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister, said the requirement remained"

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Now is not the time to remove guidance for secondary school pupils to wear masks in classrooms after a hike in cases, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Scottish Tory leader, Douglas Ross has repeatedly pushed for the rules to be relaxed, and again urged the First Minister to change the guidance on Tuesday as she updated MSPs on Covid-19. But, Ms Sturgeon said, the under-15s were the only age group where the number of cases rose by 41% in the seven days up to Tuesday.“ We are not, at this stage, recommen

Nicola Sturgeon's deputy has been accused of" twisting data" to justify Scotland's stricter Covid rules, with Ms Sturgeon coming under renewed pressure to relax tough self-isolation requirements. John Swinney, the deputy First Minister, on Tuesday cited an Office for National Statistics( ONS) study showing virus rates were lower in Scotland than in England as evidence that the restrictions imposed by the SNP government were" protecting the population from Covid". However, he came under attack af