Scotland's chief medical officer expects 'surge' in coronavirus cases during summer

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On Thursday last week, Fox Sports presenter Megan Barnard’s personal life was made devastatingly public following a leaked  WhasApp audio, which allegedly contained sexist and homophobic slurs made against her by former colleague Tom Morris. The incident showed that homophobia and sexism is still extremely rampant in the sports industry and in the broader mainstream culture.Morris was sacked on Friday from Fox Sports due to the “unacceptable” remarks which were shared widely on social media. Morris took to to apologise, admitting he had demonstrated “disgusting and disgraceful” behaviour.   A post shared by Megan Barnard (@megan__barnard)“I have been overwhelmed by the amount of support I have received over the past few days in response to the comments about me in the media,” Barnard, who is currently in New Zealand anchoring coverage of the ICC Women’s World Cup, wrote on Instagram.

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Boris Johnson has reassured the public there is "no change to the next step in the roadmap" to bring the Uk out of coronavirus lockdown. The Prime Minister addressed the nation in a Downing Street press conference at 5pm on Thursday afternoon, just a day after the last conference hosted by Matt Hancock.

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Dr Gregor Smith hailed the success of the on-going covid vaccination programme after the number of Scots who have received their first dose passed the two million mark yesterday.He admitted reaching this stage in the pandemic "has not been easy" and said many of his colleagues in the medical and social care professions were now "exhausted".Smith, who worked as a GP in South Lanarkshire before being appointed CMO by Nicola Sturgeon, said the range of vaccines available offered real hope that a way out of the pandemic was opening up.But he warned "non-medical interventions such as masks and social distancing" would still be required in some settings even as lockdown is eased.At a meeting of the Scottish Government's covid advisory committee

Glasgow have been told to get a coronavirus test after a number contracted coronavirus.Jillian Evans, head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian, said there may be a further increase in cases across the Glasgow area in the coming week after large crowds gathered in George Square and outside Ibrox.The health chief also encouraged those who have spent time with people who were at the celebrations to be "vigilant" and book a covid test as well.Yesterday Chief Medical Officer Gregor Smith announced that a "small number" of supporters had returned positive tests following the title celebrations.Speaking on Good Morning Scotland earlier today, Jillian said: "I think the advice would be if you were in that situation or part of those crowds, get

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Glasgow last weekend.Thousands of supporters of the Govan club took to the streets on Sunday after they were crowned league champions.At the daily briefing today, the Chief Medical Officer said some of those who made their way to George Square and Ibrox had returned positive tests.Gregor Smith confirmed a minority of the people who attended had contracted the virus after flouting strict lockdown rules.He said: "I think it's still too early to know the full picture of the impact of the the events of last weekend in terms of the infection case rate, particularly in west-central Scotland."What we are saying over the last few days is an increase in the number of cases that we're associating with many of those areas, particularly with upticks

First Minister said she could not rule out a link between transmissions rising and the limited reopening of primary schools in recent weeks.But she welcomed "significant evidence" which proved the success of the on-going vaccination programme in reducing deaths and illness caused by coronavirus.There were 4,009 confirmed cases of Covid-19 during the last seven days as of Sunday - up from 3,529 cases in the week previous.Chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith said today he was "not overly concerned" by the slight uptick in cases.It comes as primary schools reopened to all pupils from today, with the First Minister due to give more information on lockdown easing in the months ahead when she updates MSPs at Holyrood tomorrow.Sturgeon said: "It

Covid-19 infections in the autumn.Professor Sir Ian Diamond, head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), also said there is a lot of regional variation in terms of how many people have antibodies.His comments come after England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said there were still risks to reopening society and the UK will experience another surge of cases at some point, potentially in late summer or through the autumn and winter.Sir Ian said people need to understand how the data is moving forward and look at the impact of the "wonderful" vaccine rollout."But having said that, we need also to recognise that this is a virus that isn't going to go away," he told The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One."And I have no doubt that

First Minister is taking questions from MSPs on the coronavirus committee at Holyrood.Nicola Sturgeon is being quizzed on her handling of the pandemic and how Scotland will exit lockdown in the next couple of weeks and months.MSPs will ask Nicola Sturgeon, and Dr Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, a number of questions on the pandemic.The meeting will take place virtually and can be viewed on the Scottish Government website. We will bring you LIVE updates from the meeting, which is expected to begin at 11am.

outdoor meetings could be announced by Nicola Sturgeon in her latest coronavirus update this afternoon.The First Minister is due to give a statement to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament around 2.20pm today.She has already indicated a change in the rules on outdoor meetings - which at the moment only allow for two people from two different households to get together - could be coming.On Friday, Sturgeon indicated "good progress" with the vaccination programme and the falling number of infections could mean that "greater normality is firmly on the horizon".She said then she was "hopeful" the Scottish Government may be able to make some "relatively minor, but I think important, changes in our ability to meet outdoors and also how young people

direct to your inbox Modelling data considered by the Sage scientific panel has suggested that at least a further 30,000 coronavirus deaths could occur, even under the most optimistic set of assumptions.Despite a successful vaccination programme so far, England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty warned that 'at some point' the country will have another surge in the virus amid easing lockdown - that would ultimately lead to hospital admissions and death.Prof Whitty told MPs that the modelling reflected the fact that Covid-19 was a common virus and “even if you have a relatively small proportion of people still remaining vulnerable, that still equates to a very large number of people overall”.Speaking at the Commons Health and

SNP education secretary said that infection levels had continued to fall, despite children in nurseries and P1 to P3 returning to the classroom on February 22 – a move that came two weeks ahead of pupils in England.Swinney today insisted that earlier return had happened “because we felt that was a safe thing for us to be able to do because of the low prevalence amongst younger children”.And Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gregor Smith, said since then there had only been “one or two small outbreaks” of coronavirus.There have been 501 new cases of the virus recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours, Swinney announced at Monday’s Covid-19 briefing.Just one death was recorded over that period, though most registrars officers are closed at

Deputy First Minister slammed supporters who congregated outside Ibrox Stadium and in Glasgow city centre on Sunday in breach of Scotland's tough lockdown rules.Speaking at the Scottish Government's regular media briefing today, Swinney thanked fans "who celebrated at home and followed the rules".Read the full storyDr Gregor Smith, chief medical officer, said at the daily coronavirus briefing: “I think there’s a very real risk that we will see an uptick in infections as a result of some of the scenes over the weekend.“It’s entirely plausible.”The Deputy First Minister slammed club officials for not appealing for supporters to disperse.John Swinney said: “I think it would have been the duty of Rangers to say clearly and simply to fans that