ROBERT Peston has been forced to cancel a trip to Scotland after testing positive for Covid-19.
The journalist and presenter had been scheduled to attend the New Enlightenment summit in Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
He says he contracted the disease despite having had both jags.
The ITV host tweeted: “I was supposed to be at the New Enlightenment summit in Braemar but depressingly have tested positive for COVID (yes am double vaxxed).”
I was supposed to be at the New Enlightenment summit in Braemar but depressingly have tested positive for COVID (yes am double vaxxed). Highlights of it include the award of the Alexander Fleming prize for a new thesis on improving public health. Follow @n_enlightenment for…
— Robert Peston (@Peston) September 6, 2021
The New Enlightenment summit is a science conference which brings together academics, economists and business leaders.
The event comes as Scotland grapples with a surge in Covid cases.
On Sunday, the Government announced another 6368 cases were recorded in the previous 24 hours.
No new deaths were reported, though registrar's offices are usually closed at weekends.
A total of 48,033 tests were carried out, of which 14.2% were positive.
There were 719 people in hospital with recently-confirmed Covid-19 and 61 in intensive care.
A total of 4,121,962 people have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 3,726,769 have received their second dose.
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