Coronavirus

Boris Johnson broke his own Covid lockdown rules, then lied about it (Picture: Alberto Pezzali/pool/Getty Images)

Covid lawbreakers Ferrier and Johnson should both face recall elections

The SSTA teaching union has issued a warning over the return of Scottish assessments. Picture: David Jones/PA Wire

Teaching union' ready to boycott' Scottish assessments

These 13 eerie photos show Edinburgh’s empty streets during the early days of the first lockdown in 2020

13 photos of Edinburgh’s empty streets during first lockdown

Scotland's streets were eerily quiet in the wake of the Prime Minister's coronavirus lockdown.

29 photos of Scotland's empty streets from the start of lockdown

There will be a minutes silence at midday today to mark lives lost during the pandemic on the third anniversary of the first lockdown.

Minute's silence planned to mark pandemic lockdown anniversary

A Covid patient is treated in intensive care in May 2020 (Picture: Neil Hall/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid lockdown was not a nefarious plot – Scotsman comment

More than 300 police officers and staff have been off work with long Covid for more than 12 weeks, data shows. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Almost 350 police officers off work with long Covid for more than 12 weeks

According to some, the UK Government told people to 'stay home' for political reasons during the Covid pandemic (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Covid inquiry's slow pace has created an information vacuum

Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock enters Downing Street alongside Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Chris Whitty (right)

Hancock disputes ‘distorted’ WhatsApp leak over care home testing

Mother with her new born baby girl in the hospital.

Lockdown prevented early births, according to Scottish researchers

Edinburgh Airport - the busiest flight hub in Scotland. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Holiday firms expect 'Sunshine Saturday' bookings to return to pre-Covid levels

Cases of the new Omicron variant are on the rise in the UK and could avoid vaccination efforts. Picture: Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images

New Omicron XBB 1.5 Covid-19 variant 'one to watch out for'

The NHS is under unprecedented pressure. Picture: Getty Images

Vaccination set to be cancelled as unions weigh up coordinating strikes

Scotland's A&E departments experienced a record week for waiting times in the lead-up to Christmas. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Almost 2,000 patients spend half a day or more in A&E before Christmas

Covid cases are on the increase in Scotland.

How long are you infectious with Covid? Current guidance around Christmas

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves number 10 Downing Street ahead of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

PMQs: Sunak says he was left 'shocked' by Baroness Mone allegations

A staff member speaks with a resident at a care home

Vulnerable patients 'unlawfully' discharged to care homes during Covid pandemic

Peter McMahon from the Scottish members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group during a press conference at the Leonardo Hotel, Edinburgh, after they met Lord Brailsford, the new chair of the Scottish Covid-19 public inquiry. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Lord Brailsford ‘pressed reset button’ on Covid-19 inquiry, families say

A government official at left speaks to participants in a protest against China's strict zero COVID measures in Beijing, China.

Chinese protestors: 'We don’t want lockdowns, we want freedom'

A man is arrested while people gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese officials affirm zero-Covid stance despite protests

The proportion of people testing positive for Covid-19 in Scotland continued to fall last week, according to the latest figures.

Covid-19 infection levels fall across Scotland

People wait in line for a swab test at a Covid-19 test in Beijing. Picture: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

'Zero covid' struggle as Chinese president exposed to Covid-positive leader

Liam Mccreadie's firm was subcontracted by Serco on behalf of the UK government to help people shielding during the pandemic. Picture: Pavlo / Adobe Stock

Scots businessman whose firm won Covid contract disqualified over unpaid taxes

There were 159 new Covid-19 admissions to hospital in the week ending November 13

Number of people in hospital with Covid down 8.4%

Covid-19 is just one of a number of potentially dangerous zoonotic diseases, which orginate in animals but can be passed on to humans. Picture: Getty Images

Public at risk from animal diseases but UK not equipped to deal with crisis

A person receiving a Covid-19 jab, as confidence in vaccines has declined "significantly" since the start of the pandemic, according to a new study. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Covid Scotland: ‘Significant drop’ in confidence in vaccines since start of pand...

Health secretary Humza Yousaf as he attends the launch the Right Care, Right Place awareness campaign during a visit to Bangholm Medical Centre in Edinburgh. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Calls to reintroduce 'pandemic-style' measures like mask wearing to save NHS

Humza Yousaf urged Scots to get Covid-19 booster jabs

New figures show Covid-19 infections are on the rise in Scotland

Care homes and families are in limbo due to the wait for answers from the Crown Office.

Families and care homes in limbo as Crown Office stall Covid-19 death decisions

A person receiving a Covid-19 jab. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Scots over age of 50 to be offered winter Covid vaccines

Covid fears: Experts say coronavirus worries sparked drop in childbirths

(L-R) Nirmal Kumar, Clare McNaught, Professor Michael Griffin at an unveiling of a new sculpture which they helped to inspire at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh grounds

Surgeons recall sacrifices made by NHS staff in pandemic as sculpture unveiled

Confirmed or suspected coronavirus deaths in Scotland have fallen, according to the latest figures.

Covid deaths fall in latest weekly figures

Unicef described the Omicron variant of Covid as the "most transmissible variant to date for all age groups."

Covid Autumn Booster in Scotland: Who can get the jab and how to book it?

John Swinney, seen with Nicola Sturgeon, has insisted there was 'absolutely no political interference' in the Scottish Covid inquiry (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

SNP has no grounds for secrecy over Covid inquiry crisis – Brian Wilson

There are now more than 200,000 long Covid sufferers in Scotland

More Scots with long Covid than there are residents of Aberdeen

High Court judge Lady Poole stepped down from the Scottish Covid inquiry a day after four members of the legal team quit

Covid legal team resignations will feed scepticism about public inquiries

Police Scotland officers issued on-the-spot fines for breaches of strict coronavirus regulations. (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of Scots refuse to pay Covid fines

High Court judge Lady Poole has stepped down from the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry

John Swinney denies 'political interference' in resignation-hit Covid inquiry

Covid-19 cases in Scottish hospitals increased 12% in a single week

Covid Scotland: number of hospital cases rises 12% in a week

Don't ignore calls to get your COVID-19 booster jab

People urged not to ignore COVID-19 booster invitation

Four young children wait to be immunised against polio after a pandemic hit the UK in the 1940s and 1950s (Photo by Terry Fincher/Getty Images)

Long Covid shows need to learn from 'long polio' that still blights lives in UK

A man is directed to a waiting taxi at Hong Kong International Airport that will take him to hotel quarantine. Hong Kong announced on Friday it will end mandatory hotel quarantine from Monday.

Hong Kong ends hotel quarantine for travellers

Accident-and-emergency wait times have spiralled. Picture: John Devlin

NHS health boards reordered to log breaches amid spiralling A&E wait times

Covid vaccines has saved millions of lives worldwide (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Covid booster vaccines are still a matter of life and death – Dr Gwenetta Curry

The number of Covid patients in Scotland’s hospitals has fallen by more than 12%, the latest weekly figures have showed.

Covid cases in Scotland’s hospitals down by 12.3%, figures show

Scotland's crisis-hit NHS service has struck deals worth more than £14m with companies controlled by Lord Ashcroft.

Billionaire Tory donor’s firms paid millions by Scottish Government

A young woman receives a Covid-19 jab at a new modern vaccination centre

Excess death figures to be examined amid concerns about lockdown effects

Margaret Ferrier has resisted calls to quit as an MP. Picture: PA

Sturgeon urged to call Ferrier to tell her to quit

The numbers have risen.

Confirmed Covid deaths in Scotland rise

Medical staff preparing shots of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Picture: PA

'Next generation' dual Covid booster jab targeting two strains approved for use

There are fears of a spike in cases when schools return

Covid spike feared as schools return in Scotland

People are exercising more than they did before the pandemic, research has revealed

People ‘still travelling less and exercising more than before Covid’

Health secretary Humza Yousaf (right) speaks to Jim Miller, chief executive of NHS 24. Picture: PA

'Alarming' rise in number of cancelled operations in Scottish hospitals

The study has revealed three 'sub-types' of long Covid. Picture: PA

Three 'types' of long Covid exist, study shows

People kneel in front of police during a Black Lives Matter protest in London in June 2020 (Picture: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

How racism made Covid worse for Black and ethnic minority communities

A person simulating taking a Covid 19 lateral flow test. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

One in 20 Covid patients suffer long-term smell or taste issues

The number of Scots hospitalised with Covid-19 has decreased, latest figures have revealed.

Covid-19 hospitalisation figures decrease by 6.3%, figures show

Ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier

Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier set to face trial in August

A dose of a Covid vaccine. Researchers have found a hepatitis outbreak amongst children was not linked to Covid

Outbreak of hepatitis in young children ‘not linked to Covid-19’

Hundreds of people have died from coronavirus in Aberdeenshire.

Hundreds of Covid deaths in Aberdeenshire – as UK death toll tops 200,000

There has been another increase in cases in Scotland

Sturgeon warns of 'further waves' amid seven-week case spike

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