While Glasgow remains in Level 3 due to an outbreak, the first minister said the effect of the vaccine in reducing severe illness due to Covid-19 may bring in a new eraNicola Sturgeon for the first time today spoke of a new era where Covid-19 outbreaks no longer trigger rapid restrictions as she laid out plans to take Scotland “beyond zero” on the lockdown levels system. The first minister said the impact of vaccinations on the severity of illness when people catch Covid is being closely monitored in Scotland. Sponsored“It might meant that we do not have to react quite so aggressively with the restrictions in the face of rising case numbers,” she said. Glasgow is still under Level 3 because of a surge in infections in the south of the city while the rest of Scotland has moved to level two or lower. Sturgeon said it had been necessary to impose tougher rules— which prohibit

Source: The Times May 25, 2021 15:56 UTC