Nicola Sturgeon will deliver a coronavirus statement in the Scottish Parliament today on how the country must tackle the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of coronavirus.
The First Minister will address MSPs this afternoon with all indicators suggesting she will announce new restrictions.Sturgeon warned at a media briefing last week that Scotland faced the possibility of a "tsunami of infections" as the more transmissible Omicron variant replaces Delta as the dominant strain.
Ministers have already pledged to ramp up the vaccine booster programme with more details expected to be announced today.All Scots aged 30-39 are now able to book their third dose of the vaccine with 18 to 29-year-olds expected to be granted permission later this