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Nicola Sturgeon denies Scottish Government 'went too far' with Omicron restrictions over Christmas

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Nicola Sturgeon has denied her government "went too far" by imposing more restrictions over Christmas in response to the Omicron variant.

The First Minister defended her "cautious" approach after the highly contagious type of coronavirus spread across Scotland last month.

Health officials told Scots to cancel Christmas parties and hospitality businesses north of the Border were forced to reintroduce social distancing measures.

That approach put Scotland at odds with England which allowed pubs and restaurants to operate as normal over New Year. Speaking at First Minister's Questions today, Douglas Ross seized on a comment made by SNP MP Pete Wishart this week in which the veteran Nationalist appeared to agree that Scottish restrictions were excessive."He (Wishart) was asked 'has the First Minister introduced too many covid restrictions over Christmas?' and his response was 'that is a fair point'," Ross said.

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