The top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December

Feb 18, 2021

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'He died without any of his loving family by his side'

A Scottish family from Denny has spoken out about the devastation Covid has caused and begs the public to take the virus serious.

Stephen Brown lost his father to Covid after both of his parents, Jim and Liz Brown, tested positive.

"Mum and Dad both tested positive for COVID on Friday 5th February, the day before they were booked in for their first vaccination."

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Nicola Sturgeon urged to act on social media amplification of Wings Over Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to act in relation to elected representatives of the SNP amplifying a controversial blog.

It comes as an SNP MSP said that no-one who promotes Wings Over Scotland is “fit to be an SNP member”.

The blog labelled a pro-independence journalist an “infiltrator” and used allegedly sectarian language by highlighting the journalist’s birthplace of what was described as “ultra-Loyalist stronghold of Antrim”.

Read the full story here.

These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December

After more than seven long weeks of national lockdown, Nicola Sturgeon has announced a phased return to schools beginning on Monday, February, 22.

Covid-19 cases have fallen across Scotland since lockdown was imposed on Boxing Day but there are still 339 neighbourhoods across the country where infection rates are higher than they were on December, 26

These are the top 50 areas where Covid-19 cases in the seven days to February, 13 were higher than on Boxing Day.

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