Monkeypox outbreak delays defence report for Scottish MP’s Covid trial

Margaret Ferrier's defence asks for further pre-trial hearing as virologist who was preparing report works on recent case surge

The monkeypox outbreak has delayed the preparation of a defence report for the trial of an MP who allegedly travelled between Glasgow and London with coronavirus symptoms.

A hearing at Glasgow sheriff court on Tuesday heard that the defence for Margaret Ferrier, now an independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, was still awaiting a report from a virologist who had been otherwise engaged with the recent monkeypox outbreak.