Thousands of frontline Scots emergency services staff told to self isolate due to new Omicron variant

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Thousands of frontline emergency service staff are off work due to the new Omicron Covid variant. Tough new isolation rules have seen absence rates rocket among police, NHS and fire service staff across Scotland.

The Sunday Mail has learned more than 1000 police officers and support staff are not at work – the highest since the height of the pandemic last year.A total of 3285 NHS staff are off – double the numbers from the end of November – while the Scottish Ambulance Service has 243 workers currently absent, which is just over three per cent of its workforce.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said 352 members of staff were off due to Covid out of a workforce of 8200.The staffing crisis has led to fresh calls for relaxation of