A NUMBER of lockdown restrictions in Aberdeen are to be lifted at midnight, the Scottish Government has announced.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out the timeline following a SOGRR meeting held today.
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From tomorrow, the five-mile travel limit, restrictions on gathering and limitations on hospital and care home visits will be lifted, while non-hospitality businesses will also reopen.
Restaurants, pubs, casinos and other such premises will be able to open from Wednesday, once environmental health checks have been completed.
The Scottish Government said the move would bring the city “broadly in line with the rest of Scotland” from Monday.
| The SGORR meeting included partners from Aberdeen City Council, NHS Grampian and Police Scotland, and heard the latest update from the Incident Management Team on the level of the virus and its transmission in Aberdeen. The latest figures show a total of 427 cases have been identified in the Grampian Health Board area since 26 July. Of these 259 are associated with the same cluster linked to Aberdeen pubs, and 1,258 contacts have now been identified from those. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “It’s due to the commitment of people in the city, as well as world class contact tracing that means we are now able to lift some of these measures from Monday and then again from Wednesday, but it is vitally important that everyone follows the FACTS rules in order to prevent an outbreak of this scale occurring again. “That way we can move forward and get our economy, our society and our lives generally back to as much normality as possible.” The Scottish Government has not ruled out extending restrictions if neccessary to protect public health. |
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