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Covid in Scotland LIVE as Nicola Sturgeon warns of 'very difficult' decisions ahead

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Scots have been warned of a "very difficult" period ahead after cases of the new coronavirus Omicron variant increased ten fold in the last week.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said no new restrictions would be imposed to deal with the rise in Omicron and Delta variant cases across the country.

The Omicron variant is causing alarm among health experts who fear it will spread rapidly and put huge pressure on the NHS. Questions have also been raised about the severity of the illness caused by the strain and whether the mutation evades vaccines.The SNP leader told MSPs: "Data on cases worldwide, including here at home, gives a reasonable degree of certainty at this stage that Omicron is more transmissible than the Delta variant, perhaps

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