Heading into winTier ..... the one we hoped it would be over before...

[dancemom]

New thread Tierers ...

• 2,233 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 19,459 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 12.0% of these were positive
• 20 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 57 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 753 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,324,440 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,918,528 have received their second dose

I'm off for a surprise trip to visit family in England next week - yay.

Can anyone advise about the Scottish covid app. Will this be accepted in England? I'm taking the train down so I don't know if I'll even need to show it anywhere? Can anyone who has been to England recently advise?

Thanks!

@aurea no vaccine passports required in England therefore no need to show anything.
They are needed in Wales and Scotland.

Correction I think some theatres ask but haven't been but I had no issues travelling abroad prior to the app just with my vax status letter anyway!

Thanks!

Sounds like it will be almost a real break away from all this madness.

@Aurea o went to London and it was pretty much normal. No masks, track and trace, it was lovely. Have a great time.

• 3,852 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 44,434 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 9.1% of these were positive
• 19 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 61 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 778 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,325,307 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,920,006 have received their second dose

Thanks Dancemom. That's quite a big rise, I hope it's caused by a lag or something.

It's caused by a huge number of tests more than anything

What’s causing all the testing, I wonder?

Probably local cop attendees, there are quite strict testing protocols in place from what I've heard.

Sounds like Inverness schools having a hard time at moment.
2 secondaries having to send whole year groups home as so many staff absent

It’s a shame as hospital numbers look ok.

Sigh. Here come the restrictions …

There were no extra restrictions when numbers were quite high a few weeks ago. Let's cross our fingers and see how the next few weeks go.

Ok, @titsintiers, I’ll get a grip. Spiralling into full on catastrophe mode 🤣

I can't see more restrictions, except maybe extending vaccine passport for anywhere serving alcohol indoors (which other countries are already doing).
There's no furlough so they can't shut businesses.
And the biggest single group of positive cases is still school kids!

@titsintiers

There were no extra restrictions when numbers were quite high a few weeks ago. Let's cross our fingers and see how the next few weeks go.

It's ironic they are floating the idea now at 500/100,000 less than in aug/Sept!

You only have to look at the map to see immunity from previous infection especially in children is playing a big part!

Cities are down the bottom of the list, rural areas are high. It can't be controlled I have no idea why SG is trying to build defences basically made of sand. Hate to say it but with vaccines Borris approach of letting people gain immunity isn't so dumb now (it definitely was before treatments and vaccines!)

Who is floating what ideas? I haven't seen anything.

@BlameItOnTheBlackStar

Who is floating what ideas? I haven't seen anything.

Scottish government are "examining options" about covid restrictions to be finalised on the 16th. They include extending vaccine passports to hospitality and leisure with no definition of who or how Extension of masks..... No idea where to again no details Extend working from home/change guidelines "examine" ventilation - the only one with decent merit and should have been done about 6 months ago for schools!

@BlameItOnTheBlackStar see what Swinney said yesterday…

Ah thanks, I've been traveling for work and not kept up, I'll have a look

• 3,340 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 42,983 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
◦ 8.2% of these were positive
• 26 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 60 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 768 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,326,392 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,921,971 have received their second dose

my small area is now at over 2000/100k.

You'd imagine that there must be ambulances abound and bodies being rolled into the streets but it's all surprisingly normal outside.

Ooft that's another huge amount of tests done

But on a positive note over 100 people less in hospital than last week