LEVEL 4 coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted across Scotland on Friday, the Health Secretary has confirmed.
Eleven local authorities, including much of the west of Scotland, are currently at the highest level of restrictions that stops pubs, restaurants, gyms, non-essential shops and hairdressers from opening. There are also restrictions on travel.
The Scottish Government is set to review lockdown levels across Scotland on Tuesday and it has been confirmed that all areas currently under level 4 restrictions will have that level reduced on Friday, December 11.
In a tweet, Jeane Freeman said: "Eleven local authorities currently in level 4 will come out of that level on Friday. That position has not changed.
"The Cabinet will decide on Tuesday what level below 4 they'll go into.
"My comments were intended to mean in respect of that decision, all options are on the table."
11 local authorities currently in Level 4 will come out of that level on Friday. That position has not changed.
— Jeane Freeman (@JeaneF1MSP) December 6, 2020
The Cabinet will decide on Tuesday what level below 4 they’ll go into. My comments were intended to mean in respect of that decision, all options are on the table.
In the last part of her statement, the Health Secretary was referring to comments she made on BBC Scotland when she was asked if some areas could remain in level 4, despite a plan for those restrictions to be lifted on Friday.
In response, she said: "All options are on the table at this point.
“People shouldn’t read from that any decision one way or the other. The works goes on over the weekend so that we have the most up to date data, the most up to date clinical advice, then we take a decision as a cabinet on Tuesday."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will announce what new level the local authorities will go into on Tuesday, following the review.
The areas currently under the most severe of the five Scottish lockdown levels are East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.
All other areas in Scotland are in levels 1 to 3 of the five-tier system.
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