A ban on visiting other people’s homes is to be imposed across Scotland from Wednesday 23rd September in a bid to get the Covid-19 virus under control again before the winter, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
Scotland will also be following England in imposing a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants.The curfew will be in place from Friday – with a warning that any premises that do not comply could be shut down completely.
The number of people testing positive for the virus is increasing with the average number of new cases every day now reaching 285, compared to only seven a day in July. An increase in the percentage of tests coming back positive has also been seen. In late August, that percentage was consistently below 1%. Today it is over 7%. The R number is above 1 again, possibly as high as 1.4.
The new restrictions aim to prevent the virus spreading unchecked; the scientific advice is that household interaction is a “key driver” of transmission.
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