NON-essential Scottish hospitality venues could be closed for two weeks in October under "circuit breaker" lockdown plans that have been leaked.
A computer screengrab, which was published by Guido Fawkes, has been widely shared on social media today and lists measures apparently under consideration by the Scottish Government.
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The document has not been verified but is thought to be genuine.
Here's what the plans include:
- School closures
- Remote learning only at universities and colleges
- Closure of all hospitality
- Stay At Home messaging returns
- Potential five or 30 mile travel restrictions
- Closure of entertainment venues
- No visitor attractions
- No indoor group activities
- No contact sports
- No spectators in stadia or indoor live events
- No personal retail services such as hairdressers or driving lessons
- Restrictions on care home and hospital visiting
- No unregulated children’s activities.
- Places of worship open for private prayer or reflection only
It comes as UK Government's scientific adviser warned there could be 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action.
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The First Minister said she would take part in a Cobra meeting tomorrow morning, which will confirm new lockdown measures.
Questioned about what the new restrictions could be, Sturgeon appeared to hint they may focus on indoor settings both relating to visiting other households and to the hospitality sector.
"Given what we know about the nature of transmission, the biggest risk at the moment is household to household. When this virus gets into a household it is very likely to infect everybody or most people in that household, even if it's a younger person that is the first one to be infected if there are older people in the household they are likely to be infected," she said.
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