![]() Level 3 restrictions mean pubs, bars and restaurants can't serve alcohol indoors and must close at 8pm, while gatherings inside other peoples' homes are barred. Last week, Ms Sturgeon said Glasgow had an "uncomfortably high" number of COVID cases despite "signs of progress" in limiting infections. Subscribe to the All Out Politics podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker Much of Scotland had moved to Level 2 restrictions last month, although a spike in infections - thought to be driven in large part by the Indian variant of the virus - forced ministers to keep the entire Glasgow City Council area in Level 3. "Indeed, one reason for proceeding with more caution now, is to make it easier in the future to resume our progress to Level 0 - and then beyond." ![]() "Indeed, in the days ahead, and while it may still feel a way off for many of us, we will publish more detailed work on what we expect life beyond Level 0 to look like, as that greater normality returns. And that means we can still be optimistic about our chances of much more normality over the summer and beyond," she added. Ms Sturgeon told MSPs to view her decision to keep much of the country at Level 2 as "a pause, not a step backwards". Under the Scottish government's COVID route map, most of Scotland had been scheduled to move into Level 1 restrictions from next Monday, 7 June. These are Orkney, Shetland, Na h-Eileanan Siar, all islands in Highland except Skye, and the Argyll and Bute islands of Coll, Colonsay, Erraid, Gometra, Iona, Islay, Jura, Mull, Oronsay, Tiree and Ulva. ![]() Shetland, Orkney, the Western Isles and other islands already in Level 3 will stay at that level, even though they could move to Level 2, because it will allow people to travel freely to the mainland.įrom May 17, pubs are set to open indoors until 10:30pm and contact sports, cinemas, and some small scale events can take place.Meanwhile, those islands currently in Level 1 will move to Level 0 from Saturday. Ms Sturgeon insisted this limited reopening was three weeks ahead of any indoor hospitality opening in England. Indoors, hospitality venues will be able to open until 8pm from April 26 - but with no alcohol and a limit of up to four people from two households at each table. This will allow shops to fully reopen and pubs, cafes and restaurants to open outdoors until 10pm. “When you’re dealing with this big scale of a system you will always… there will be some people falling through the cracks.”Įlsewhere, Ms Sturgeon said she was now "extremely confident" that most of Scotland that is still in Level 4 will move to Level 3 on April 26. “I don’t want to stand here and say everybody has been offered the vaccine and then somebody in one of these groups says ‘I haven’t had mine’. ![]() She added: “I’m using the word effectively just to recognise that in any big system it’s possible somebody’s has been missed. She added appointments will be issued "shortly" to the first healthy under-50s after England already invited those aged 45-49 to apply.īut she declined to go further than saying Scotland had "effectively" hit the target. She said "virtually all" over-60s have received a first dose, as have 96% of those aged 55 to 59 - and 84% of those aged 50 to 54.
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