Lockdown looms for Scotland amid reports more of England will enter tier 4
by Libby Brooks and Andrew Sparrow from Science | The Guardian on (#5BZ5R)
MSPs told tough measures likely in coming days, while ministers may soon extend English restrictions
Nicola Sturgeon has warned MSPs she may have to introduce full lockdown measures across Scotland in the coming days to contain the faster-spreading Covid variant, which has already led to Wales bringing forward a countrywide lockdown from last Sunday and Northern Ireland announcing a six-week lockdown from Boxing Day.
It came as the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, said it seemed inevitable" that further national restrictions would be needed, adding that if scientists called for such measures in England he would back the government in bringing them in.
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