NHS told routine services can be paused for two months as fears grow over new covid strain
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dailyrecord.co.ukNicola Sturgeon confirmed that 42.8% of positive tests processed for Scotland are now thought to be the fast-spreading form of coronavirus, first detected earlier this month.
She said the variant, which has put huge pressure on the NHS in England, is a “cause for real concern” as it is “significantly more transmissible”.Sturgeon repeated that she cannot rule out even tighter restrictions than the level 4 lockdown already in force on mainland Scotland.Rennie asked about a letter Connaghan sent to NHS chief executives on the growing problem.The letter states: “In view of the emerging situation of a new and more virulent variant of virus and increasing pressures on NHS services as we move through the busy winter period, I am now advising that.
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