The state government had imposed extensive curbs, in addition to measures like a weekend lockdown and a night curfew to check the spread of the infection.
This week ‘critical’ for Glasgow in bid to ease curbs
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May 25, 2021
GLASGOW: This week will be critical in Glasgow’s hopes of seeing Covid-19 restrictions ease, the Health Secretary has said.The decision was taken to keep Scotland’s biggest city under Level 3 restrictions while the rest of the country – excluding Moray, which was then also moved down – went to Level 2 earlier this month.
On Sunday, the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area reported a seven-day case rate per 100,000 people of 95.7, more than double the Scottish average of 42.5.A decision on whether the city will also be able to see restrictions ease is expected later this week but Humza Yousaf said this week would be “critical”. “There’s a range of data we look at,” the Health Secretary said.
Chance of lifting all curbs in June ‘looking good’
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May 24, 2021
LONDON: The possibility of all coronavirus restrictions being lifted next month is “looking good”, the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency has said.
Under the government’s road map, the final stage of the unlocking is due to take place on June 21 at the earliest.
However, Dr Jenny Harries urged the public to be cautious to avoid another lockdown, warning that the new Indian variant has become the “dominant strain” in some parts of the country.
She told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show: “It’s looking good if people are continuing to observe all of the safety signals, so we should not stop doing what we’re doing, particularly in areas where we have that variant of concern, the B1617.2, in the north-west and around London.
Coronavirus | Curbs to stay in ‘red zone’ districts in Maharashtra
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Easing of lockdown post June 1 except in 14 districts with rising cases: Minister
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A barber wearing protective gear giving a haircut to a child, seated near a man dressed as a comic character, in a slum as in Mumbai on May 24.
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Easing of lockdown post June 1 except in 14 districts with rising cases: Minister
While the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government has hinted at easing lockdown restrictions across the State after June 1, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday stressed that the curbs were likely to remain in place in 14 districts which had yet to show a significant decline in COVID-19 cases.