Schools in Scotland will not close early due to Omicron, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says
A total of 186 cases of the Omicron variant have been confirmed across Scotland so far, although this is thought to be a significant under-estimate of the true picture.
Ms Sturgeon said it was not yet known whether Omicron would cause more severe illness than the previously dominant Delta variant, but she said that "even if it is milder, the sheer weight of numbers presents a challenge" to health services.Queues formed outside a Glasgow vaccine centre on Monday as the booster programme was accelerated
"This has been going on for almost two years, people are thoroughly exhausted with it and they want to get on with their lives, so we will think carefully about anything that we are going to ask people to do. The EIS said it wanted to see schools close on Friday to avoid pupils and staff being exposed to the new variant before mixing during the Christmas holidays.She said: "Any leader that stands and says 100% that anything can be ruled out forever is not being straight with you, but we are not considering the closure of schools.
Efforts have been stepped up across the UK to deliver booster vaccinations, with Ms Sturgeon saying they were "our best defence against this". The Scottish Conservatives have called for mass vaccination clinics to be re-opened, with leader Douglas Ross urging ministers to "pull out all the stops".
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