Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has urged football fans to continue to follow coronavirus rules – saying they themselves “hold the answer” to whether they can be inside Wembley when Scotland play England this summer.
Scotland’s top doctor has said Covid-19 vaccinations may be a staple “in the coming years”, although he could not say who may need to receive booster jabs.
One of the Scottish Government’s most senior medical advisers has said he believes coronavirus was almost eliminated last summer – just 24 hours after his colleague said Scotland has never been close to that point.
Singling out occupations for vaccination would take too long and age is a better signifier of risk from Covid-19, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has said.
More than 150,000 NHS staff are being awarded an interim 1% pay rise, with Health Secretary Jeane Freeman saying it comes amid the “sustained pressure” they have been under during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scotland's new travel laws were introduced on Monday, meaning that anyone entering the country is expected to undertake a 10-day quarantine period in 'managed isolation'.
Professor Jillian Evans of NHS Grampian has said staff in the healthcare sector are struggling with the workload resulting from new variants of Covid-19.
'Serious thought' must be given to introducing border checks to stop travellers entering Scotland by landing elsewhere in the UK, Jean Freeman has warned, amid confusion just days before new quarantine rules come into force.
Jeane Freeman has rejected as "absolute nonsense" claims the Scottish Government spent days "plotting how to spin" a report on hospital patients being discharged into care homes.
The Scottish Tories have accused ministers of spinning a report into hospital discharges to care homes, a claim the Health Secretary has branded “nonsense”.
The Scottish Government must give “serious thought” to border controls to stop travellers entering Scotland by landing elsewhere in the UK, the Health Secretary has said.
Scotland has seen another day of record Covid-19 vaccinations, but the Health Secretary said the number of appointments will soon have to be reduced due to a lack of supplies and other factors.
A dip in vaccine supply is expected next week, health secretary Jeane Freeman has confirmed, however, Scotland remains on track to reach its targeted date to vaccinate the elderly and most vulnerable.