Nicola Sturgeon is hoping for a better 2022 amid rising cases of Omicron

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The First Minister says she hopes for a better year in 2022 when she updated the nation on the Omicron variant today.The new variant is now the dominant strain in Scotland, accounting for 80 per cent of cases.The risk of hospitalisation is lower; the Scottish Government are reviewing this and it will inform how it responds to the variant in coming weeks.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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