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Updated: 24/02/2021, 11:28 am
Business leaders in the north-east reacted with frustration to the news lockdown measures will remain in place until the end of April.
Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled the Scottish Government’s plans for the easing of lockdown, with a return to the levels system in place before Christmas.
Restrictions will be subject to “progressive easing” between now and the last week of April, when levels will be reintroduced.
Communal worship, a further extension to outdoor mixing and more freedoms in retail are hoped to be put in place from April 5, with Ms Sturgeon saying her “hope and expectation” is the stay-at-home order will be lifted then and all pupils will be back at school.
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The first minister hopes to be able to allow retail, hospitality, gyms and hairdressers to start operating again some time after April 26.
Some other forms of non-essential retail - like click and collect - may be allowed to resume earlier in the month.
No specific plans have been set out for other sectors, but the country would return to a levels system like the one seen before Christmas, with restrictions applied depending on local data.