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Majority of covid restrictions in Scotland scrapped as face masks remain in place

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The majority of covid restrictions have been lifted in Scotland today, nearly two years since some of them were first introduced.

From today, Scots will no longer have to give their details across to hospitality venues for contract tracing purposes while shops won't need specific guidelines for customers.

Despite some of the big changes face masks will remain in place across the country until at least early April due to the high number of cases.

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data revealed that one in 14 people in Scotland had covid last week. The rise in so-called 'Stealth Omicron' led to the ONS sampling suggesting 376,000 Scots had the deadly virus in the week ending March 12 which was the highest rate in the UK.

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