Today's pandemic news is likely to be dominated by Scottish Labour calling on the SNP Government to take urgent action to fill staffing gaps throughout Scotland's largest hospital.
The flagship Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which has been struck by repeated issues since opening, is already under severe strain with elective surgery cancelled or postponed, a shortage of acute beds, and the A&E unit struggling to meet waiting time targets.
Figures obtained by Labour show that covid-related absences have risen sharply at the Queen Elizabeth, with the daily average number of staff absent due to coronavirus as high as 56 in the week commencing August 26 – more than double the number nine weeks prior.