Nicola Sturgeon extends Scottish lockdown for 3 weeks and says ditching ‘stay at home’ message could be ‘mistake”
NICOLA Sturgeon has today confirmed Scotland will stay in lockdown and claimed easing any measures would be “too risky”.
Scotland First Minister revealed the lockdown would continue in Scotland despite signs of progress.
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Speaking at her daily press conference, Ms Sturgeon warned ending it too soon would be “catastrophic”.
She said: “Our assessment of the evidence leads me to conclude that the lockdown must be extended at this stage.
“We are together making really significant steps in our progress to get this under control, I have reported today a further reduction in the number of patients in intensive care.
“We know that progress remains fragile, our estimates suggest there are still significant amounts of people in Scotland infected with this virus.
“We are not yet confident that the all important R number is comfortably below one.”
Boris Johnson is preparing to ease the UK’s lockdown measures on Monday.
The PM will address the nation on Sunday with a roadmap for how to tweak the current lockdown measures, some of which may come into effect the very next day.
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