Tighter Rules issues for Covid by Scottish Government

New rules are set to make it harder for areas to go down to lower levels of Covid restrictions after the lockdown was eased in Scotland. As Ali Sami farooq read in news that The Scottish Government hopes to return to the level system from the end of April.

But if an area sees the restrictions lifted, the number of positive cases will have to be far lower than when the system worked last year.The government has said a more rigorous approach is needed due to the new variant of the fastest-spreading virus.

On Tuesday afternoon, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to update the Scottish Parliament on the state of the pandemic.It has already indicated that on 26 April - when non-essential shops, hairdressers and gyms can reopen - the level system will be operational again.

The whole of mainland Scotland was blocked on 26 December, which led to a stay order at home. Only essential shops can open and all hospitality is closed except takeaway services.Under the new system, local authorities with a case rate of more than 150 cases per 100,000 are likely to end up at level four, when only essential stores can open and hospitality has to close.

The previous threshold for level four was 300 cases per 100,000.Cases will also have to fall below 50 per 100,000 in a local authority before being considered for level two, well below the previous rate of 150 per 100,000. This is the level at which non-essential travel outside the authority's borders is allowed and pubs can serve alcohol.

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Comments

[manoj]

Ali Sami Farooq , restrictions are required if you don't want again worldwide lockdown.

[Diksha]

Really covid cases are increasing day by day, Ali Sami Farooq i'm also quit the gym again due to covid cases , i suggest everyone to keep social distancing to stay safe.