in force here in scotland. other changes mean the guidance against meeting up with more than three households at a time will be scrapped along with the curbs on indoor contact sports. the most controversial area and she touched on that as you heard chest and was the decision to extend the vaccine passport scheme to more hospitality settings for states. they decided against that and business groups have welcomed the lifting of most of these restrictions on the fact that these restrictions on the fact that the scheme is not going to be an extended as has opposition parties and although the scottish conservatives called for the vaccine passport scheme to be scrapped entirely and for tackling waiting times in the nhs while labour said business is worth teetering on the brink and called on the government to go further in getting promised financial support.
driven by 0micron peaked in the first week injanuary driven by 0micron peaked in the first week in january and driven by 0micron peaked in the first week injanuary and while we have not yet moved from the epidemic to the endemic stage of covid, she was hopefulfor a calmer phase going forward, certainly from the beginning of next week most restrictions here in scotland will be dropped, night clubs can reopen, large indoor events can resume, social distancing rules being dropped, guidance against adults meeting with more than three households at a time is being scrapped, along with curbs on indoor contact sports. some restrictions remain. people are being asked to work from home where possible and that longer running measure to wear facemasks in public places and on public transport remains in force, as does the covid vaccination passport scheme. business groups have broadly welcomed the changes, as our political opposition parties in scotland although the scottish conservatives are call
that the rise in cases here in scotland driven by the 0micron variant peaked in the first week injanuary, and while we haven t yet moved from the epidemic to the endemic stage of covid, she was hopeful for a calmer phase going forward. so, from the beginning of next week, most restrictions here in scotland will be dropped. nightclubs can reopen, large indoor events can resume, social distancing rules are being dropped, guidance against adults meeting with more than three households at a time is also being scrapped, along with curbs on indoor contact sports. some restrictions remain. people are being asked to work from home where possible and that longer running measure to wear facemasks in public places and on public transport does remain in force, as does the covid vaccination passport scheme. well, business groups have broadly welcomed the changes, as have political opposition parties in scotland, although the scottish conservatives are calling for that vaccine passport scheme to be
bit uncertain so she is urging people to continue with their lateral flow test and urging people to keep their gatherings as small as possible and there was the guidance that people should limit it to three households in indoor spaces and she said wherever possible please continue with that for the time being and where ever possible continue with working from home. she described it saying that they would not yet moved from the epidemic stage of covid to the endemic stage but we are entering what she called a karma phase in the epidemic and she was hopefulfor a better spring and summer ahead she was hopefulfor a better spring and summerahead she was hopefulfor a better spring and summer ahead what she called and summer ahead what she called a much calmer phase. we heard from the scottish conservatives health spokesperson and they welcomed the changes but they would have liked to have seen it go further, not least in terms of moving towards scrapping the vaccine passport scheme,