The vacination programme is helping drive down infections Pubs and restaurants would also be allowed to serve alcohol indoors in Level 2, while cinemas, theatres, concert halls, music venues, comedy clubs, amusement arcades and bingo halls would all be allowed to reopen – although soft play centres, funfairs, bowling alleys, snooker and pool halls and nightclubs would still have to remain closed. On Monday, Boris Johnson confirmed people in England will be able to hug loved ones, dine in restaurants and go on holiday abroad from May 17. Earlier in the day the national Covid-19 alert level was downgraded after a “consistent” fall in cases, hospital admissions and deaths, with the four chief medical officers of the UK, including Scotland’s Dr Gregor Smith, saying the threat level should be reduced thanks to the success of the vaccination programme and social distancing restrictions.
10 Scotland lockdown announcements Nicola Sturgeon is expected to make today
The First Minister is expected to confirm a move to lockdown Level 2 shortly after midday, with more restrictions set to ease.
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It is disappointing that Covid restrictions will probably not be eased in Moray next week, according to the local council chief executive.
But he said the situation can still be turned around .
A surge of Covid cases in the region has seen the infection rate rise to about 94 cases per 100,000 - well above the 50-case threshold for level two.
Mainland Scotland will move to level two on Monday but Moray is very likely to remain in level three.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a final decision would be taken later in the week.