SCOTLAND’S national clinical director has said “perhaps” the planned Euros fan zone at Glasgow Green will go ahead next week.

Jason Leitch sounded uncertain over the future of the event, set to host up to 6000 people each day throughout the tournament, stressing a final decision has not been made.

Speaking at her coronavirus briefing yesterday afternoon, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the event is “under ongoing review”.

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Hospitality bosses in Scotland’s biggest city have spoken out against the plans for the zone – fearing they will lose customers after only just reopening from lockdown.

Glasgow residents have also criticised the plan, which would see large chunks of the public space closed off to them for the month.

The fan zone is planned to begin just days after Sturgeon confirmed Scotland is at a “critical juncture” in the pandemic, with nearly 1000 new cases recorded yesterday – the highest number since mid-February. She confirmed Scotland is at the beginning of a third wave.

Discussing the fan zone on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Leitch explained why the space would be meaningful to many Scotland fans, but sounded less confident about whether it will go ahead in its current form.

“Let’s just take a moment to register that for me, Scotland being in a major championship is something to be celebrated,” he told listeners. “That doesn’t happen every time there’s a major championship in Scotland. So it does feel like a special moment. But we’re doing it inside a public health emergency.

“So we’re doing it with limited crowds at Hampden, but outdoors, safe, very well managed. Ticketed, we’ll know who everybody is. Everybody will very, very instructed about how to behave and they’ll be advised, cajoled, persuaded to take a test before they go and after they’ve come back.

"And we’re having a limited fanzone, perhaps – the decision on that is still to happen – with a family friendly picnic area and a cultural festival, and of course a beer garden. And that’s one of the things we’re slightly concerned about, but yes we’re doing that inside a pandemic and we have to be careful.”

Meanwhile, Glasgow has finally dropped to level 2 of Scotland’s coronavirus measures as restrictions have been eased across the country.

While the whole of mainland Scotland was supposed to move to level 1 on Monday, the city will join 13 other council areas in remaining in level 2 for another few weeks.

These are Edinburgh, Midlothian, Dundee, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, North and South Lanarkshire, Clackmannanshire and Stirling.

Glaswegians will be able to drink alcohol indoors, meet in private residences, and hug loved ones from the weekend for the first time in months.

When announcing the move on Tuesday, Sturgeon admitted while the level 2 restrictions were “still tough” she also insisted it was “not lockdown”.