lockdown restrictions on social distancing to ease for the first time in months. During Tuesday's coronavirus briefing, Nicola Sturgeon admitted she felt 'emotional' as she announced that people could now hug each other from Monday, May 17.
People have not been able to mix indoors since Christmas when the country was plunged into a nationwide lockdown with a 'stay at home' order.
Due to falling virus cases, the First Minister was able to accelerate the routemap out of lockdown, allowing more people to meet in a private house than was previously planned.
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