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The rate of new Covid-19 infections has tripled over the last three weeks, to an average of 155 new cases a day, Nicola Sturgeon has said, with the number of positive tests doubling from 1% to 2%.
The first minister said during her regular briefing that three weeks ago the seven-day rolling average for Scotland was 52 new cases per day; it was now 155 cases per day. “It’s no exaggeration to say that Scotland is at a very dangerous point, as is the UK and other parts of the world,” she said.
Sir Desmond Swayne (Con) makes a point of order criticising the government’s decision not to make a Commons statement about the new Covid restriction. He says Matt Hancock could have announced this yesterday.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker, says he is sympathetic. This is “really not good enough”, he says. He says he has written to the government to complain.
I think the total disregard for this chamber is not acceptable.
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