Coronavirus Scotland update LIVE: Cases and news as tough restrictions start
This weekend marked the beginning of further restrictions across much of Scotland, including an outdoor drinking ban and changes to click-and-collect services.
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Welcome to Edinburgh Live s coronavirus coverage on Sunday, 17 January.
This weekend marked the beginning of further restrictions across much of Scotland, which included an outdoor drinking ban on alcohol and changes to click-and-collect services.
It comes as Scotland reported a further 1,753 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. Out of the new cases 169 are in the NHS Lothian health board, with a further 466 in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Welsh mum who fainted after extreme coughing fit died with coronavirus days later
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My wife had a coughing fit and fainted days later she died with Covid She was only 54
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Updated: 16 Jan 2021, 10:45
A HEARTBROKEN husband has told of the moment his wife had a coughing fit before dying from coronavirus just days later.
Rob Hurley said his wife Helen, 54, rapidly declined ten days after she first noticed symptoms for the bug, including severe shortness of breath.
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Rob Hurley said his wife Helen Hurley rapidly declined after she first noticed her Covid symptoms
The happy and strong gran-of-four from Aberfan, Wales, died on December 30 after being admitted to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil just two days earlier.
Rob, from Aberfan, told Wales Online: Things just went from bad to worse. It got to the point where I took her to the toilet, she had a coughing bout and then fainted.