The Scottish Government has just announced that fully vaccinated visitors from the US and EU will no longer have to quarantine when coming into Scotland. The news comes just hours after the UK government confirmed the same restrictions easing for England. In recent weeks, there have been various campaigns specifically within the travel industry for […]
A member of staff from Livingstone’s Café has tested positive for Covid this week. As a precautionary measure, the café and shop located at the David Livingstone Birthplace were closed on Monday for deep cleaning. The closure is only expected to be a few days and its hoped an announcement from the business about reopening […]
A new walk-through Covid testing centre has opened in Blantyre. The test centre is located at Springwell Neighbourhood Hall (G72 0LL), and people in our local area are being urged to book a test if they have symptoms of Covid-19. Health Minister Lord Bethell said: “To respond to the coronavirus, we have built a major testing […]
The next phase of the vaccination programme is underway with 45 – 49 year olds in Scotland now being called for their vaccination. People in that age category can expect their blue envelopes to arrive by post, if they haven’t done so already. 40 -44 year olds will be then be called next. The aim […]
It’s been a significant day for Scotland as further easing of Covid restrictions took place. The welcome news included: the resumption of outdoor contact sport for 12-17 year olds return of college students within the top three priority groups identified by Colleges Scotland as most likely not to complete this academic year (estimated as 29% […]
It’s been one year exactly since the Prime Minister announced the first National lockdown. A day of reflection is here with a planned minute’s silence to be held at midday. People are also being encouraged to stand on their doorsteps at 20:00 GMT tonight [Tuesday, 23rd March] with phones, candles and torches to signify a […]
Scotland has been given an update routemap out of Lockdown with the announcement today, that some Covid restrictions could soon be lifted. Indeed, as well as the recent improvements on meeting others outdoors, things are set to get a ‘fair bit better‘ in the forthcoming weeks ahead as restrictions start to ease. It would seem […]
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has provided the Government’s 3 weekly Covid update at 2.20pm today, Tuesday 9th March 2021. Here are the main headlines from her statement: Vaccination Programme 1,789,777 had received the first dose in Scotland, though vaccinations per day has fallen due to a dip in supply. It’s expected supplies to accelerate […]