Nicola Sturgeon is begging Glasgow Southside residents to get a Covid test after a 'significant outbreak' in the area.
The First Minister took to Twitter this morning to urge Glaswegians to 'take care and follow all health advice' as the city has overtaken Moray as Scotland's Covid hotspot.
Latest figures published on Friday show there were 80.4 cases per 100,000 people in Glasgow in the seven days to May 11, pushing it ahead of Moray where there were 68.9.
Experts have even warned that the country is seeing a "loss of control" of the pandemic in some areas.
Now Nicola Sturgeon is desperate to halt the spike in numbers and hopes residents will stay alert and get tested.
The First Minister tweeted: "If you live in the Southside - G41/42 especially - please get tested.
"The Southside has a significant outbreak just now so please take care and follow all health advice."
Nicola Sturgeon confirmed yesterday that Moray and Glasgow will remain under Level 3 restrictions while the rest of the Scottish mainland has been given the go ahead to move to Level 2 on Monday.
Concerns have also been raised over the Indian variant which was one of the driving factors for the Scottish Government deciding to keep Glasgow in a higher level of lockdown.
It comes after people in Scotland who have already been vaccinated against coronavirus are being treated in hospital for the new Indian variant.
Covid jabs are 'almost certainly less effective' against the Indian variant of the deadly virus, a top British expert has warned.
NHS bosses are frantically trying to gain control of the situation and have also urged Scots to get tested to keep numbers low.
In a statement, the health board said: “We would strongly encourage members of the public, particularly those living in the most affected areas of Glasgow, to visit their local asymptomatic testing centre and take a COVID-19 test.
“This will determine whether members of the public have the virus even if they do not have any symptoms.
“We have made lateral flow home test kits available at all of our test centres, so that people can undertake regular testing at home and we are reviewing options for PCR kits to be made more readily available.
“People can also order self-use LFD test kits for home delivery via the Scottish Government Universal Testing Offer.”
The statement continued: “For people who do have the virus and need to self-isolate, support is available, including a £500 self-isolation support grant for low income workers.
"People who do not have family or community support can also call the National Assistance Helpline on 0800 111 4000, or contact via textphone on 0800 111 4114."
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2021-05-15 10:31:53Z
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