Covid in Scotland: The headlinespublished at 13:14 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020published at 13:14 4 December 2020
Here are the main points from today's briefing:
- Scotland recorded 41 deaths of coronavirus patients and 966 positive cases in the past 24 hours
- There are 965 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, a fall of 17 in 24 hours
- Of these patients, 65 are in intensive care, down by four
- Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced an extension of rates relief for nurseries
- There will be no changes to Scotland's quarantine list for overseas travel
- UK government changes to quarantine for some business travellers do not apply to Scotland
- Mr Swinney confirms the vaccination programme will start on Tuesday and care homes will be included in the first priority group
- He says the programme will move as swiftly as possible but will rely on supplies of vaccines that have not yet been approved
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