Coronavirus

[Sir David Gray]

The leader of New South Wales has warned this is "the worst situation Australia's been in" since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said rules would be tightened in Sydney, the state capital, which is in lockdown.

Covid fines will also go up to AU$5,000 (US$3,685; £2,656) from AU$1,000.

"This is literally a war, and we've known we've been in a war for some time, but never to this extent," Ms Berejiklian told reporters.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-58170440

[Stairway 2 7]

Update on florida these are for one day, they are going to have hundreds of deaths a day for months unfortunately

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BREAKING: Florida reports 25,812 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record, and 209 new deaths

[EI255]

If the current SG close down gigs last minute in the forthcoming weeks, then they can forget my vote next time.
Ive continually stuck up for them, however there is NO excuse to cancel any gigs in Scotland.

Do it.

Regret it.

[AugustaHibs]

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If the current SG close down gigs last minute in the forthcoming weeks, then they can forget my vote next time.
Ive continually stuck up for them, however there is NO excuse to cancel any gigs in Scotland.

Do it.

Regret it.

Is this rumoured?

[SteveHFC]

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If the current SG close down gigs last minute in the forthcoming weeks, then they can forget my vote next time.
Ive continually stuck up for them, however there is NO excuse to cancel any gigs in Scotland.

Do it.

Regret it.

Was out tonight in the city centre for a few hours and would say it was 50/50 in terms of wearing masks and keeping your distance.

[Rocky]

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It was the daily mail that said it but will Spain be put on the red list for 2.9% of returning travellers testing positive? That is a lot less than our positivity rate.

No it isn't, latest ONS study suggests 1 in 190 people in Scotland have covid, which is about 0.5%.

[neil7908]

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No it isn't, latest ONS study suggests 1 in 190 people in Scotland have covid, which is about 0.5%.

But that's not based on testing. The daily positivity rate from testing was 5.6% yesterday.

UK is in a weird situation right now as we have some of, if not the worst, numbers in Europe. But because of the high vaccine levels, are getting a bit of a free pass when comparing ourselves with other countries.

[Killiehibbie]

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But that's not based on testing. The daily positivity rate from testing was 5.6% yesterday.

UK is in a weird situation right now as we have some of, if not the worst, numbers in Europe. But because of the high vaccine levels, are getting a bit of a free pass when comparing ourselves with other countries.

I suppose it depends on the reason for testing here compared to all travellers being tested. Without testing everybody they can only guess.

[Sir David Gray]

Is Scotland lagging behind on vaccine certificates?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57519070

[Stairway 2 7]

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Is Scotland lagging behind on vaccine certificates?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57519070

It's beyond laughable, they've said it's coming imminently for 2 months. If a Scots person visits France Greece ect to see family he won't be able to go inside a restaurant. People from England can though as their apps are now linked

[Billy Whizz]

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Is Scotland lagging behind on vaccine certificates?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57519070

We do, and could be the end of next month before we have the app available

[Sir David Gray]

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It's beyond laughable, they've said it's coming imminently for 2 months. If a Scots person visits France Greece ect to see family he won't be able to go inside a restaurant. People from England can though as their apps are now linked

Agreed. This kind of thing should never have been devolved and there should have been one app/process developed for the whole UK.

[Sir David Gray]

Daily Scottish update;

1,498 new cases since yesterday - 7.4% positivity rate
Decrease of 5 in the confirmed cases in hospital since yesterday
Increase of 1 in the confirmed cases in intensive care since yesterday
4,054,842 people have now received their first dose of the vaccine - 4,831 people since yesterday
3,449,901 people have now received their second dose of the vaccine - 18,839 people since yesterday
No deaths registered since yesterday

[Sir David Gray]

Breakdown of today's cases by council area;

Glasgow - 187
Edinburgh - 135
North Lanarkshire - 112
South Lanarkshire - 97
Fife - 97
Dumfries and Galloway - 80
Renfrewshire - 57
Highland - 55
North Ayrshire - 51
West Lothian - 49
East Lothian - 47
Aberdeenshire - 43
Aberdeen - 41
West Dunbartonshire - 37
Inverclyde - 34
Falkirk - 34
East Dunbartonshire - 33
Dundee - 33
East Renfrewshire - 32
Angus - 32
Midlothian - 30
Scottish Borders - 27
East Ayrshire - 26
South Ayrshire - 25
Perth and Kinross - 24
Stirling - 22
Argyll and Bute - 19
Moray - 15
Clackmannanshire - 15
Na-h Eileanan Siar - 7
Shetland - 1

[Rocky]

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But that's not based on testing. The daily positivity rate from testing was 5.6% yesterday.

UK is in a weird situation right now as we have some of, if not the worst, numbers in Europe. But because of the high vaccine levels, are getting a bit of a free pass when comparing ourselves with other countries.

That positivity rate is for people who have gone for a test because they think they might have covid. That's not comparable to testing returning travellers, all of whom are being tested.

[Jack]

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Agreed. This kind of thing should never have been devolved and there should have been one app/process developed for the whole UK.

If England had a solid track record in producing this sort of stuff it might have been a viable option.

[Stairway 2 7]

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If England had a solid track record in producing this sort of stuff it might have been a viable option.

There's has been running for two months you can use it all over Europe, yet Scotlands is just round the corner. And they have had a working app for years not for this purpose but it was integrated easy so..

[Jack]

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There's has been running for two months you can use it all over Europe, yet Scotlands is just round the corner. And they have had a working app for years not for this purpose but it was integrated easy so..

Like I said, if England had previously produced anything app wise during this crisis that actually did what it was supposed to the devolved nations might have been confident in adopting this one. However their track record is appalling both in application and cost.

GOAL!

[Stairway 2 7]

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Like I said, if England had previously produced anything app wise during this crisis that actually did what it was supposed to the devolved nations might have been confident in adopting this one. However their track record is appalling both in application and cost.

GOAL!

Can't be worse possibly than our application. Our passport app will be 3 months behind all of Europe. Our track and trace equivalent pinged 60 times less per head of population than England each week, unfortunately their wasn't nearly as little cases as that

[Killiehibbie]

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That positivity rate is for people who have gone for a test because they think they might have covid. That's not comparable to testing returning travellers, all of whom are being tested.

Is it only tests for people who think they might have it or do those who are routinely tested count in the numbers?

[Jack]

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Can't be worse possibly than our application. Our passport app will be 3 months behind all of Europe. Our track and trace equivalent pinged 60 times less per head of population than England each week, unfortunately their wasn't nearly as little cases as that

I take what you're saying about the passport but is their any evidence to suggest our track and trace was not working properly? Particularly as England had to tweak theirs to be less sensitive and Scotlands cases continued to fall.

[Stairway 2 7]

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I take what you're saying about the passport but is their any evidence to suggest our track and trace was not working properly? Particularly as England had to tweak theirs to be less sensitive and Scotlands cases continued to fall.

We were getting 1000 per week they were getting 600,000. 60 times less and that was in a month when we were getting the same amount of cases roughly, July. They are now getting 300,000 so still 30 times us

[Jack]

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We were getting 1000 per week they were getting 600,000. 60 times less and that was in a month when we were getting the same amount of cases roughly, July. They are now getting 300,000 so still 30 times us

And our cases continue to fall.

It suggests to me another failing of the English app, I suspect they'll be tweaking it again.

[Rocky]

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Is it only tests for people who think they might have it or do those who are routinely tested count in the numbers?

It's a bit of both but the fact that it's ten times higher than ONS figures tells you it's not representative of population prevalence sp comparing it to positivity rates of returning travellers from Spain makes no sense.

[Sir David Gray]

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If England had a solid track record in producing this sort of stuff it might have been a viable option.

Ours is working well - can't even get into restaurants in France! 🙄

[Sir David Gray]

26,750 cases and 61 deaths registered in the UK today.

[Stairway 2 7]

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And our cases continue to fall.

It suggests to me another failing of the English app, I suspect they'll be tweaking it again.

Our cases are up about 10% England's up about 3% this week, although they have no rules.

[Sir David Gray]

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Daily update - first dose;

UK - 47,254,399 (90.2% of adult population)

Wales - 2,310,898 (92.4% of adult population)
England - 39,645,073 (90.1% of adult population)
Scotland - 4,050,011 (90% of adult population)
Northern Ireland - 1,248,417 (86.1% of adult population)

Second dose;

UK - 40,372,981 (77% of adult population)

Wales - 2,132,116 (85.3% of adult population)
Northern Ireland - 1,113,944 (76.8% of adult population)
England - 33,695,859 (76.6% of adult population)
Scotland - 3,431,062 (76.2% of adult population)

** Wales no longer release any data on a Saturday. **

Daily update - first dose;

UK - 47,302,445 (90.3% of adult population)

Wales - 2,313,528 (92.5% of adult population)
England - 39,684,496 (90.2% of adult population)
Scotland - 4,054,842 (90.1% of adult population)
Northern Ireland - 1,249,579 (86.2% of adult population)

Second dose;

UK - 40,577,198 (77.4% of adult population)

Wales - 2,141,039 (85.6% of adult population)
Northern Ireland - 1,116,681 (77% of adult population)
England - 33,869,577 (77% of adult population)
Scotland - 3,449,901 (76.7% of adult population)

[Killiehibbie]

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It's a bit of both but the fact that it's ten times higher than ONS figures tells you it's not representative of population prevalence sp comparing it to positivity rates of returning travellers from Spain makes no sense.

I had a look and the ONS number for England was 1 in 75, 1 in 190 here.
This is made up from survey results and I'd guess if it was testing results the number would be quite a bit higher.

[Ozyhibby]

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Agreed. This kind of thing should never have been devolved and there should have been one app/process developed for the whole UK.

If this kind of thing wasn’t devolved then we would have been part of their £37bn test and trace program. Thankfully we were not and it has saved us a lot of money. If our passport app is a little slower coming out then I still think we are ahead on the deal.
Btw, my mate is in Ibiza this week and he has had no problem getting into places.


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