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Coronavirus in Scotland LIVE: The latest updates on Tuesday, April 20
Key Events
- Scotland’s lockdown restrictions to ease on Monday
- Scotland records further 178 Covid cases on Tuesday
- Two further Covid-19 deaths registered
Coronavirus in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon announces level one and level zero lockdown easing dates for June
The First Minister announces new June easing dates for Scotland as 'normality' set to return by July
Nicola Sturgeon announced that, dependent on circumstances, Scotland would move into level one lockdown restrictions on June 7 and by ‘late June’, the country would move to level zero.
Scotland's theatres, cinemas, concert halls and comedy clubs get confirmed reopening date
Scotland's theatres, cinemas, concert halls and comedy clubs get confirmed reopening date
Live events have been given the go-ahead to return in Scotland from the middle of next month.
Coronavirus in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon confirms restrictions on border travel will lift next week
Nicola Sturgeon confirms restrictions on border travel between Scotland and England will lift next week
Travel across Scotland’s border will be permitted from next week, the First Minister has confirmed.
Coronavirus in Scotland: Scots asked to take two Covid tests before travelling to islands
Coronavirus in Scotland: Scots asked to take two Covid tests before travelling to islands
Scots should take two lateral flow Covid-19 tests before travelling to island areas, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Here's what will be reopening in Scotland next week
Restrictions on hospitality, travel and retail to ease - Here's what will be reopening in Scotland next week
Beer gardens, cafes, shops, libraries and gyms are to reopen in Scotland on Monday, the First Minister has confirmed.
Boris Johnson will be joined at the coronavirus press conference by the medical director of primary care for NHS England, Dr Nikita Kanani, at 5pm, Downing Street said.
Heathrow rejects requests for extra flights from India before ‘red list’ move
Heathrow Airport has refused requests for extra flights from India before the country is added to the UK’s coronavirus “red list”.
Four airlines asked for a total of eight extra flights to arrive at the west London airport before 4am on Friday.
Britons returning after that point will be forced to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.
Anyone who is not a UK or Irish resident or a British citizen will be banned from entering the country if they have been in India in the previous 10 days.
It is understood Heathrow declined the airlines’ requests to ensure existing pressures at the border are not exacerbated.
India was added to the “red list” in response to mounting concern about the number of coronavirus cases there and the emergence of a variant.
Heathrow Airport has seen long queues at border control in recent times as passengers have forms checked according to entry requirements amid coronavirus restrictions.
An All Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus heard on Tuesday that while queues in immigration halls vary, on average there are two to three hour delays at large locations like Heathrow.
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