TOM HARRIS: Almost as important as Nicola Sturgeon s lockdowns has been her relentless efforts to define Scottish policy against Westminster s and decisions against those taken by Boris Johnson.
At SAGE s most recent meeting last Thursday, chaired by Sir Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, the group admitted the anticipated surge in hospitalisations in the UK had not been seen so far .
Conservative Bob Seely called for a debate on scientific modelling during the pandemic in which he accused forecasters of wildly inaccurate predictions leading to lockdowns.
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, council chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA), has said that doctors and nurses are under exceptional strain covering for colleagues at home.
King s College London scientists estimated London s Covid cases dropped by a third last week. But they said it was too early to say whether the outbreak had peaked in the capital.