Covid
Weekly updates on respiratory diseases as Covid numbers rise - Public Health Scotland
![The suspect, from Barnet, north London, was held at his home on Wednesday morning, the NCA said. (Aaron Chown/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16908808.jpg)
![The suspect, from Barnet, north London, was held at his home on Wednesday morning, the NCA said. (Aaron Chown/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16908808.jpg)
![Scottish Covid Inquiry: Care home residents died in ‘droves’ after hospital transfers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12343649.jpg)
![Scottish Covid Inquiry: Care home residents died in ‘droves’ after hospital transfers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12343649.jpg)
![Neil Oliver was heavily criticised for his comments during Covid](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17204596.jpg)
![Neil Oliver was heavily criticised for his comments during Covid](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17204596.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf admitted the Scottish Government's handling of WhatsApp messages during the pandemic was not its 'finest hour'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17890327.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf admitted the Scottish Government's handling of WhatsApp messages during the pandemic was not its 'finest hour'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17890327.jpg)
![Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon at a media briefing during the pandemic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12129344.jpg)
![Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon at a media briefing during the pandemic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12129344.jpg)
![Jason Leitch and his rise from dentist to national clinical director](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11544392.jpg)
![Jason Leitch and his rise from dentist to national clinical director](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11544392.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11256287.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11256287.jpg)
![Alec Finlay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12922344.jpg)
![Alec Finlay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12922344.jpg)
![Families gather at the National Covid Memorial. Photo Mark Gibson.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17813683.jpg)
![Families gather at the National Covid Memorial. Photo Mark Gibson.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17813683.jpg)
![A scene from new drama The Way, directed by Michael Sheen](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17763788.jpg)
![A scene from new drama The Way, directed by Michael Sheen](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17763788.jpg)
![Covid changes our way of life and grieving. Photo PA.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17257418.jpg)
![Covid changes our way of life and grieving. Photo PA.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17257418.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf transcribed 'zero' WhatsApp messages during the pandemic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17754282.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf transcribed 'zero' WhatsApp messages during the pandemic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17754282.jpg)
Unspun 🗳️
![Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf transcribed 'zero' WhatsApp messages during the pandemic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17754282.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf transcribed 'zero' WhatsApp messages during the pandemic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17754282.jpg)
Updated
![Was there any public health benefit to keeping us indoors?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12632598.jpg)
![Was there any public health benefit to keeping us indoors?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12632598.jpg)
![Covid memorial in Glasgow. Photo Colin Mearns.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13737354.jpg)
![Covid memorial in Glasgow. Photo Colin Mearns.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13737354.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinnery and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17722814.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinnery and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17722814.jpg)
Exclusive
![The news of the King's diagnosis has caused an outpouring of emotion among many in the UK](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17722803.jpg)
![The news of the King's diagnosis has caused an outpouring of emotion among many in the UK](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17722803.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17704393.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17704393.jpg)
Letter of the Day 📨
![Kate Forbes has criticised the Scottish Government's income tax plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17614345.jpg)
![Kate Forbes has criticised the Scottish Government's income tax plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17614345.jpg)
![Aamer Anwar and angry members of Scottish Covid Bereaved outside the UK Covid Inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) last Wednesday, the day Nicola Sturgeon was giving evidence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17717245.jpg)
![Aamer Anwar and angry members of Scottish Covid Bereaved outside the UK Covid Inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) last Wednesday, the day Nicola Sturgeon was giving evidence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17717245.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinny and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17713449.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinny and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17713449.jpg)
![Alister Jack accused of 'clear breach' of ministerial code in NI lobbying row](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17712439.jpg)
![Alister Jack accused of 'clear breach' of ministerial code in NI lobbying row](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17712439.jpg)
Exclusive
![Scotland’s civil service has been 'captured wholesale' by SNP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16970329.jpg)
![Scotland’s civil service has been 'captured wholesale' by SNP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16970329.jpg)
Exclusive
![Steven Camley on Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid Inquiry performance](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17710394.jpg)
![Steven Camley on Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid Inquiry performance](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17710394.jpg)
![Ken Thomson resigned from a supervisory position at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17711669.jpg)
![Ken Thomson resigned from a supervisory position at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17711669.jpg)
Exclusive
![Humza Yousaf and John-Paul Marks](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17709411.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf and John-Paul Marks](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17709411.jpg)
Updated
![The Warblers was established in 2016 for people with poor lung health](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17709267.jpg)
![The Warblers was established in 2016 for people with poor lung health](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17709267.jpg)
![Both Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney deleted messages during Covid](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13296583.jpg)
![Both Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney deleted messages during Covid](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13296583.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17400537.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17400537.jpg)
![Ken Thomson has quit his current role at ICAS](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17705667.jpg)
![Ken Thomson has quit his current role at ICAS](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17705667.jpg)
UK Covid Inquiry
![Douglas Ross has criticised Alister Jack for deleting his WhatsApp messages wanted by the UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17704772.jpg)
![Douglas Ross has criticised Alister Jack for deleting his WhatsApp messages wanted by the UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17704772.jpg)
![Alister Jack and Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17704055.jpg)
![Alister Jack and Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17704055.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence at the UK Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh on Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17707342.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence at the UK Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh on Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17707342.jpg)
![Live: Nicola Sturgeon to be grilled by UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17699618.jpg)
![Live: Nicola Sturgeon to be grilled by UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17699618.jpg)
![Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon appearing at the UK Covid inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17702722.jpg)
![Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon appearing at the UK Covid inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17702722.jpg)
UK Covid Inquiry
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17701946.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17701946.jpg)
![Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17667037.jpg)
![Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17667037.jpg)
UK Covid Inquiry
![Nicola Sturgeon arrives at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17700412.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon arrives at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17700412.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17702498.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17702498.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17700686.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17700686.jpg)
![Covid Inquiry: Sturgeon to be quizzed over pandemic decisions and wiped WhatsApps](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17329788.jpg)
![Covid Inquiry: Sturgeon to be quizzed over pandemic decisions and wiped WhatsApps](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17329788.jpg)
![John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17698641.jpg)
![John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17698641.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17697559.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17697559.jpg)
![John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17697135.jpg)
![John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17697135.jpg)
![National Clinical Director Jason Leitch outside the UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17694878.jpg)
![National Clinical Director Jason Leitch outside the UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17694878.jpg)
Exclusive
![Kate Forbes not told about existence of secret Gold Command meetings until 2021](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17696454.jpg)
![Kate Forbes not told about existence of secret Gold Command meetings until 2021](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17696454.jpg)
Updated
!['Staggering hypocrisy:' SNP and Tories accuse each other of politicising pandemic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17694714.jpg)
!['Staggering hypocrisy:' SNP and Tories accuse each other of politicising pandemic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17694714.jpg)
UK Covid Inquiry
![Jeane Freeman is appearing at the UK Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17692543.jpg)
![Jeane Freeman is appearing at the UK Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17692543.jpg)
![Jason Leitch speaks and prays in online Covid-themed event organised by Baptist Union of Scotland, March 2020](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17688929.jpg)
![Jason Leitch speaks and prays in online Covid-themed event organised by Baptist Union of Scotland, March 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17688929.jpg)
Exclusive
![Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, arriving at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17689656.jpg)
![Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, arriving at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17689656.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
![More calls for Leitch to be sacked after 'rant' about opposition MSPs to Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17673485.jpg)
![More calls for Leitch to be sacked after 'rant' about opposition MSPs to Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17673485.jpg)
!['We should have done better,' Yousaf's apology to inquiry over deleted WhatsApps](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17684383.jpg)
!['We should have done better,' Yousaf's apology to inquiry over deleted WhatsApps](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17684383.jpg)
UK Covid Inquiry
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing the UK Covid Inquiry next week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17683353.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing the UK Covid Inquiry next week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17683353.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
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