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Scotland to 'remain in severe lockdown restrictions for some time' amid fears over mutant Covid strain

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severe lockdown restrictions for some time' amid fears over the mutant coronavirus strain. National Clinical Director Professor Jason Leitch said it will be 'well into next year' before Scots will return to any form of normality.

Speaking to Radio Clyde this morning, Professor Leitch said the highly-transmissible variant was to blame for the latest hammer blow, and he's pleaded with the public to be 'patient'.

He said: “In the long term it’s going to take well into next year before we can think about any form of normality.“In the shorter term we are going to be living under pretty severe restrictions for a while unless we can find a way of dealing with this new variant, or it dies out or mutates to be an easier version than a more difficult.

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