Omicron is "galloping through Scotland" and should not be dismissed as a mild variant of coronavirus, John Swinney has warned.
The Deputy First Minister said a raft of new measures were being weighed-up by ministers this weekend before Nicola Sturgeon makes a statement to parliament on Tuesday.
Swinney today warned the public not to be complacent about the potential harm caused by the latest strain of covid. And he defended the defended the language used by the First Minister last week when she claimed Scotland faced a "tsunami of infection".
Omicron was responsible for 18 per cent of positive covid results returned on Saturday - compared to just two per cent the week before."The problem we have - and the First Minister made this clear on
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