Nicola Sturgeon – 2021 Comments on Scottish Lockdown Roadmap

The comments made by Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, on 1 June 2021. At the base is the press release regarding the decisions.

I appreciate that today’s decisions will feel like a mixed bag. That reflects the fact that we are in a transition phase. No part of the country is going backwards today. Before the vaccines, that would have been impossible on case numbers like this. But the vaccines are changing the game. And that means we can still be optimistic about our chances of much more normality over the summer and beyond.

As always, all of us have a part to play in beating this virus back. So please, stick with it, and each other.

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PRESS RELEASE

Glasgow to move to Level 2 and Scotland remains on the right track.

As the vaccination programme advances through age groups some restrictions are to be eased sooner in areas where case rates and prevalence of coronavirus (COVID-19) allow.

The First Minister outlined the next steps to Parliament and confirmed that Glasgow will move to Level 2 from 00:01 on Saturday 5 June 2021.

The following mainland local authority areas will also remain at Level 2, while the situation with the virus is monitored closely:

East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire

East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, and South Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire

Edinburgh and Midlothian

Stirling and Clackmannanshire

Dundee

At the same time, from 00:01 on Saturday 5 June 2021, these 15 mainland local authorities will move to Level 1:

Highland and Argyll & Bute

Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray

Angus and Perth & Kinross

Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire

Falkirk

Fife

West Lothian and East Lothian

The Scottish Borders

Dumfries & Galloway

All islands currently in Level 1 will move to Level 0 at the same time due to sustained low numbers of cases. Everyone is encouraged to get tested to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by finding cases that might be missed, as around 1 in 3 people with COVID-19 don’t have symptoms.