Last updated: Tuesday, 16 March, 2021, 14:57
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Hospitality to reopen from April 26
From that date, cafés, restaurants and bars will be able to serve people outdoors – in groups of up to six from three households - until 10pm. Alcohol will be permitted, and there will be no requirement for food to be served.
Dependent on continued suppression of the virus, Ms Sturgeon suggested there could be limited indoor opening of hospitality from 26 April too.
This will be limited initially to the service of food and non-alcoholic drinks until 8pm, and for groups of up to four people from no more than two households.
As was the case last year, venues will need to retain customers’ contact details for three weeks after their visit.
Limits for weddings and funerals to be raised
On April 26 the limit on attendance at weddings, funerals and associated receptions will be raised to 50 people from 26 April.
From 26 April, the restrictions on outdoor socialising will be eased further too.
From that date, six people from up to three households will be able to meet outdoors - and with no mainland travel restrictions in place.
Ms Sturgeon added that, at the moment, she is unable to say whether indoor visits will be allowed to go ahead.
All tourism accommodation will reopen from April 26
Ms Sturgeon said all tourism accommodation will be able to re-open from April 26, subject to any wider restrictions that remain in place.
She added that libraries, museums and galleries will also reopen from 26 April.
Work in people’s homes will resume from that date, as will driving lessons. Gyms are also expected to reopen then too.
Scotland expected to move to Level 3 on April 26
The First Minister told MSPs that she expects all of Scotland currently in Level 4 restrictions will move to a “modified” Level 3.
Island communities currently in Level 3 will have the option to move at that stage to Level 2, though ministers will discuss this with local officials in the next few weeks.
Ms Sturgeon also said that travel restrictions within mainland Scotland will be “lifted entirely” on April 26.
She added: “We hope that restrictions on journeys between Scotland and other parts of the UK and the wider common travel area can also be lifted, if not on 26 April, then as soon as possible thereafter.”
On-campus learning to restart in April
The First Minister said she expects more students in further education to return to on-campus learning from April 5.
She told MSPs: “Colleges will prioritise those students whose return is essential – including those who are most at risk of not completing their courses.
“That includes those who are taking qualifications in construction, engineering, hairdressing, beauty and related courses.”
Contact sports for 12 to 17-year-olds will also resume on that date.
Non-essential retail to reopen on April 5
Click and collect retail services will be permitted to reopen from April 5, along with garden centres, homeware stores, car showrooms and forecourts.
Ms Sturgeon also said she expected hairdresser and barber salons to reopen for appointments on that date too.
‘Stay at home’ rule to be lifted in April
The First Minister has announced the Scottish Government plans to lift the “stay at home” rule for Scots on April 2.
She said: “Initially, though we hope for no more than 3 weeks, ‘stay at home’ will be replaced by guidance to stay local - in other words, not to travel outside your own local authority area unless for an essential purpose.
People will also continue to be able to meet up outdoors, including in private gardens, in groups of no more than four from two households.
Nicola SturgeonCare and caution in the face of this virus continues to be essential.
Sturgeon to speak in next few minutes
The First Minister is due to speak after MSPs finish a round of topical questions directed at John Swinney.
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Deaths involving Covid-19 among people aged 80 and over have fallen by 86% since the second-wave peak, the latest ONS figures show.
Waiting list for bone, muscle and joint treatment halves during pandemic
The waiting list for bone, muscle and joint treatment had almost halved by the end of last year because of plummeting numbers of patients being referred.
A total of 34,324 patients were waiting for their first musculoskeletal appointment on December 31 2020, down 49% compared to the same day in 2019.
Public Health Scotland statistics show that far more patients have been seen or removed from waiting lists compared to the number of new patients added.
But despite the drop in patients on the waiting list, more than a third (39.3%) were not seen within the Government’s four-week target, although this is lower than the 56.3% recorded at the end of the previous year.
One in five patients (20%) waited more than 24 weeks to be seen, according to the NHS Scotland data.
Musculoskeletal referrals are for conditions that affect joints, bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons and muscles, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, chiropody and podiatry treatments.
During the final three months of 2020, 66,535 first outpatient referrals were made, 36.8% fewer than the last quarter of the previous year.
There were also 52,537 patients seen at a first outpatient appointment, a fall of 37.2% on last year’s figure.
Another pandemic is a ‘realistic possibility’ by 2030, review warns
Another pandemic is a “realistic possibility” by 2030, a Government review has warned, as the world continues to battle against Covid-19.
Boris Johnson’s major review of foreign policy stated that infectious disease outbreaks are likely to be more frequent by the end of the decade.
The document said population growth and the loss of natural habitat would increase interaction between humans and animals, fuelling the risk of a disease spreading from one species to another, as is believed to have happened with Covid-19.
In his foreword to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, the Prime Minister said when work began on the document in early 2020 “we could not have anticipated how a coronavirus would trigger perhaps the greatest international crisis since the Second World War, with tragic consequences that will persist for years to come”.
“Covid-19 has reminded us that security threats and tests of national resilience can take many forms.”
In a section on global health – listed as one of the “transnational challenges” facing the world – the document said: “Infectious disease outbreaks are likely to be more frequent to 2030.
“Many will be zoonoses – diseases caused by viruses, bacteria or parasites that spread from animals to humans – as population growth drives the intensification of agriculture and as the loss of habitats increases interaction between humans and animals.
“Another novel pandemic remains a realistic possibility.”
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