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While large parts of Scotland will move to level two next week, the First Minister did confirm that Glasgow and Moray would remain at level three due to a rise in cases
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Nicola Sturgeon yesterday gave an important update to the Scottish Parliament regarding the easing of lockdown restrictions amid fears about the Indian variant. The First Minister confirmed that while large parts of Scotland would move down to level two from Monday, Glasgow and Moray would remain in level three due to a rise in cases. This will be for at least a week.
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An emeritus professor of bacteriology in the United Kingdom is predicting COVID-19 could be eradicated in the country by winter because of the success of the vaccine rollout, according to reports. I don t see any reason of why we should need to go into lockdown again, Hugh Pennington told The Sun. We are now getting close to China and Taiwan in effectively eradicating it within our own territory.
A total of 1,770 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the United Kingdom on Sunday, with the week’s total of 14,659 cases down by 4.3% compared with the previous week, Reuters reported.
WHAT THE FLU
Covid could be ‘ERADICATED’ in UK by winter as flu will be worse threat says top scientist after vaccine rollout success
May 8 2021, 10:51 ET
COVID could be wiped out in the UK by winter as flu is a worse threat, a top scientist has claimed.
Professor Hugh Pennington said the success of the coronavirus vaccine rollout has hugely dampened the rampaging virus.
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An expert thinks we will see the end of coronavirus possibly by this winterCredit: EPA
He said seasonal flu is going to be more of a problem in future, if the UK is protected against Covid.
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Anti-independence campaigners have spent tens of thousands of pounds in the past week calling for tactical voting to prevent the Scottish National party winning a Holyrood majority.
At least five pro-UK groups have bought newspaper adverts, mobile ad vans and electronic billboard sites, and numerous adverts on Facebook, urging voters to support election candidates most likely to beat an SNP candidate.
Scotland Matters, a group co-founded by Prof Hugh Pennington, a bacteriologist in Aberdeen who rose to prominence during E coli food poisoning outbreaks in the 1990s, registered with the Electoral Commission so it can spend up to £75,000 on tactical voting adverts during the election.