Scottish Ministers Refuse To Rule Out New Lockdowns, Mask Mandates as Covid Cases Surge

Scotland’s national clinical director, Jason Leitch, warns that the virus will get worse as winter approaches.

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Medical personnel vaccinate students at a school in New Orleans. AP/Ted Jackson, file

The government of Scotland is refusing to rule out the prospect of a return to mask mandates, lockdowns, and social distancing rules as a wave of new Covid cases and the emergence of a new variant trigger concerns among scientists about further outbreaks during the upcoming winter months.

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