Coronavirus
Nicola Sturgeon regrets not locking down sooner as she apologises to Covid bereaved
![Nicola Sturgeon and Liz Lloyd](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12420892.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon and Liz Lloyd](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12420892.jpg)
Explained in five
![The then Chancellor giving a Coronavirus briefing in October, 2020](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17472215.jpg)
![The then Chancellor giving a Coronavirus briefing in October, 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17472215.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16980027.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16980027.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon reportedly have deleted WhatsApp messages wanted by the Covid inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17382278.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon reportedly have deleted WhatsApp messages wanted by the Covid inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17382278.jpg)
Updated
![Scottish Covid inquiry has cost close to £8m so far, data reveals](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13109182.jpg)
![Scottish Covid inquiry has cost close to £8m so far, data reveals](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13109182.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has been urged to table more funding for long Covid](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13279044.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has been urged to table more funding for long Covid](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13279044.jpg)
![Health Secretary Jeanne Freeman says staff are getting a 'fair' deal. Photograph: Gordon Terris](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8488933.jpg)
![Health Secretary Jeanne Freeman says staff are getting a 'fair' deal. Photograph: Gordon Terris](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8488933.jpg)
!['Profitable businesses' pushed to the brink as insolvency activity surges](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12178686.jpg)
!['Profitable businesses' pushed to the brink as insolvency activity surges](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12178686.jpg)
![Many could not see or hug loved ones during Covid lockdowns, only to see No 10 breaking the rules](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16596368.jpg)
![Many could not see or hug loved ones during Covid lockdowns, only to see No 10 breaking the rules](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16596368.jpg)
![Covid rates are at their highest since July.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15501922.jpg)
![Covid rates are at their highest since July.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15501922.jpg)
![Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11260827.jpg)
![Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11260827.jpg)
![Covid scheme that helped low income workers in Scotland to close in new year](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13269970.jpg)
![Covid scheme that helped low income workers in Scotland to close in new year](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13269970.jpg)
![Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11838321.jpg)
![Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11838321.jpg)
![Covid infections continuing to fall in Scotland, says ONS](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12311413.jpg)
![Covid infections continuing to fall in Scotland, says ONS](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12311413.jpg)
![One in 20 Scots adults had long Covid during 2021, new research shows](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11818722.jpg)
![One in 20 Scots adults had long Covid during 2021, new research shows](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11818722.jpg)
![Scotland’s Covid infection levels remain highest in UK](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15501922.jpg)
![Scotland’s Covid infection levels remain highest in UK](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15501922.jpg)
![Scotland had one of the highest rates of the four UK nations.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13069164.jpg)
![Scotland had one of the highest rates of the four UK nations.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13069164.jpg)
![Facemasks will no longer be a part of the guidance issued to social care staff and visitors](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14484337.jpg)
![Facemasks will no longer be a part of the guidance issued to social care staff and visitors](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14484337.jpg)
![Flu and Covid jab programme starts ahead of 'winter wave of respiratory virus'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14864752.jpg)
![Flu and Covid jab programme starts ahead of 'winter wave of respiratory virus'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14864752.jpg)
![Covid rates continue to drop in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12408700.jpg)
![Covid rates continue to drop in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12408700.jpg)
![Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11838321.jpg)
![Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11838321.jpg)
Updated
![Covid infections in Scotland drop to lowest levels since start of June](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13653758.jpg)
![Covid infections in Scotland drop to lowest levels since start of June](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13653758.jpg)
![Lowest number of weekly Covid deaths since mid-June](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11706085.jpg)
![Lowest number of weekly Covid deaths since mid-June](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11706085.jpg)
![The number of Covid patients in Scotland’s hospitals has fallen by more than 12%.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14330467.jpg)
![The number of Covid patients in Scotland’s hospitals has fallen by more than 12%.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14330467.jpg)
![The new vaccine is a ‘sharpened tool in our armoury’ to fight against Covid, says Dr June Raine. (Archive image of nurse preparing Covid-19 vaccine)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12670571.jpg)
![The new vaccine is a ‘sharpened tool in our armoury’ to fight against Covid, says Dr June Raine. (Archive image of nurse preparing Covid-19 vaccine)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12670571.jpg)
![Covid-19 infections in Scotland begin to fall after spike](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11706085.jpg)
![Covid-19 infections in Scotland begin to fall after spike](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11706085.jpg)
![Scotland sees amore than 1000 Covid cases daily over week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11706085.jpg)
![Scotland sees amore than 1000 Covid cases daily over week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11706085.jpg)
![All Scots above age of 50 offered another Covid booster from September](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12670571.jpg)
![All Scots above age of 50 offered another Covid booster from September](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12670571.jpg)
![One in 16 Scots have virus as infections show 'no signs of decreasing'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12687545.jpg)
![One in 16 Scots have virus as infections show 'no signs of decreasing'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12687545.jpg)
![People run through the streets with fighting bulls and steers during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Revelers from around the world flock to Pamplona every year for](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13968626.jpg)
![People run through the streets with fighting bulls and steers during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Revelers from around the world flock to Pamplona every year for](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13968626.jpg)
![Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 have taken over previous dominant variants in Scotland.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11705527.jpg)
![Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 have taken over previous dominant variants in Scotland.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11705527.jpg)
![The latest estimates showed that 5.47% of Scots were likely to have had .](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12987211.jpg)
![The latest estimates showed that 5.47% of Scots were likely to have had .](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12987211.jpg)
![Covid infections continue rise as Scotland hits highest estimates since April](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13894120.jpg)
![Covid infections continue rise as Scotland hits highest estimates since April](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13894120.jpg)
![Covid 'is not finished with us yet' as more regular testing could return if rise continues](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13069164.jpg)
![Covid 'is not finished with us yet' as more regular testing could return if rise continues](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13069164.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf has said the aftermath of Covid-19 has led to](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12990212.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf has said the aftermath of Covid-19 has led to](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12990212.jpg)
![FILE - Travelers wait for COVID testing at Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., on Dec. 27, 2021. The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13877264.jpg)
![FILE - Travelers wait for COVID testing at Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., on Dec. 27, 2021. The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13877264.jpg)
![Scot with long Covid says policy is 'inhumane' amid calls for dedicated clinics](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12951823.jpg)
![Scot with long Covid says policy is 'inhumane' amid calls for dedicated clinics](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12951823.jpg)
![Residents pose for photos along the bund, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China's largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13843670.jpg)
![Residents pose for photos along the bund, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China's largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13843670.jpg)
![Lowest rate of Covid-19 hospital cases since last summer, says expert](/resources/images/128x89/1x/6635240.jpg)
![Lowest rate of Covid-19 hospital cases since last summer, says expert](/resources/images/180x180/1x/6635240.jpg)
![People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. Kim blasted officials over slow medicine deliveries and ordered his military to](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13791982.jpg)
![People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. Kim blasted officials over slow medicine deliveries and ordered his military to](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13791982.jpg)
![SNP Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12997149.jpg)
![SNP Health Secretary Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12997149.jpg)
![Vulnerable groups could be urged to get another Covid booster in the autumn.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12101333.jpg)
![Vulnerable groups could be urged to get another Covid booster in the autumn.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12101333.jpg)
![COVID DEATHS DROPPED BY 21% LAST WEEK BUT CASES RISING, SAYS WHO](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13796604.jpg)
![COVID DEATHS DROPPED BY 21% LAST WEEK BUT CASES RISING, SAYS WHO](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13796604.jpg)
![People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13791982.jpg)
![People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13791982.jpg)
![Eric Clapton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10782345.jpg)
![Eric Clapton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10782345.jpg)
![Scotland sees average of 1124 daily Covid cases over past seven days](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11706085.jpg)
![Scotland sees average of 1124 daily Covid cases over past seven days](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11706085.jpg)
![Average daily Covid cases in Scotland see drop week-on-week amid testing change](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13069164.jpg)
![Average daily Covid cases in Scotland see drop week-on-week amid testing change](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13069164.jpg)
![A woman opens her mouth for a swab during mass COVID tests on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13742431.jpg)
![A woman opens her mouth for a swab during mass COVID tests on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13742431.jpg)
![A security guard wears full PPE to protect against the spread of COVID-19 at a testing site in Chaoyang District on April 25, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13738049.jpg)
![A security guard wears full PPE to protect against the spread of COVID-19 at a testing site in Chaoyang District on April 25, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13738049.jpg)
![New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13735279.jpg)
![New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13735279.jpg)
![Covid-19 infections continue downward trend in first week face covering laws lifted](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13590391.jpg)
![Covid-19 infections continue downward trend in first week face covering laws lifted](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13590391.jpg)
![Quint Davis, producer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, stands on a stage of the festival’s Blues Tent on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The festival opens on Friday, April 28, for the first time in three years, having been postponed in](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13727630.jpg)
![Quint Davis, producer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, stands on a stage of the festival’s Blues Tent on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The festival opens on Friday, April 28, for the first time in three years, having been postponed in](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13727630.jpg)
![Hospitalisations continue to fall as 2587 new Covid cases reported](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13375455.jpg)
![Hospitalisations continue to fall as 2587 new Covid cases reported](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13375455.jpg)
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