Covid in Scotland: Clinical director tests positive for virus

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Covid cases in Scotland much higher than estimated, says expert

Prof Kao told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland that rising Covid numbers were linked to the emergence of a new variant which is "slightly different" from the Omicron ."We think it is probably more transmissible than the previous variant, so that is one of the big things," he added.

The estimated Covid rate in Scotland is higher than in England, where it is believed one in 50 people had coronavirus in the week ending 11 June.Last week experts said a return to Covid restrictions was not currently needed as infection rates rose in Scotland. "For most of us Covid is relatively minor, we don't have too many symptoms, but people are still getting long Covid, so even healthy people can have quite severe symptoms for a while and some people are at risk of severe illness and death.

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