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People with Covid in Scotland no longer need to self-isolate
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People with Covid in Scotland no longer need to self-isolate and contact >tracing has come to an end as case numbers continue to fall.
Covid-19 infections have dropped for the fifth successive week, with
about one in 25 people having the virus, compared with one in 19 last week.
Following a change in Scottish government guidance, anyone feeling
unwell with Covid symptoms is now advised to just stay at home.
Why do we no longer need to self-isolate?
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Health Secretary Humza Yousaf says Scotland is now in a "different phase
of the pandemic" and is "focused on reducing severe harm of the virus".
Covid-19 is effectively now being treated in the same way as any other
virus.
What is happening with testing?
Covid testing
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You will no longer be advised to take a PCR test, mass testing has
ended, testing sites are closing and test and trace has finished. Free >lateral flow tests for the general population have already come to an end.
The Protect Scotland app will be closed down but users are advised to
keep the app on their phones in case it is needed again at a future date.
What are the Covid symptoms?
New recognised symptoms
Scotland's list of official Covid-19 symptoms has now been expanded,
bringing it closer in line with guidance in the rest of the UK.
The original signs of a Covid infection that were recognised in the UK
were fever, new continuous cough and loss of sense of smell or taste.
Additions to the list in Scotland now include: shortness of breath, >unexplained tiredness, lack of energy, muscle aches or pains, unusual
hunger, headaches, sore throat, stuffy or runny nose, and diarrhoea,
feeling sick or being sick.
What do I do if I have symptoms?
Woman sneezing
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Adults who have symptoms of Covid and other respiratory illnesses and
have a high temperature, or do not feel well enough to go to work or
carry out normal activities, will be advised to stay at home until their >fever has gone or they feel well enough.
Children and young people aged 18 and under with mild symptoms such as a >runny nose, sore throat, or slight cough who are otherwise well, do not
need to stay at home and can continue to attend education settings.
The Scottish government says this reflects the fact that children and
young people generally have a higher likelihood than adults of regular >instances of respiratory symptoms from non-Covid illnesses.
How is the NHS affected?
woman in mask being swabbed by person in visor
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Health and social care workers are among those who can still be tested
NHS Scotland has now also been taken out of emergency footing as Covid
cases continue to fall.
However, testing will remain available to certain groups including
health and social care workers, care home and hospital visitors,
patients groups eligible for treatment, hospital patients, unpaid carers
and people in prison.
What is the expert opinion?
linda bauld
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Public health expert Prof Linda Bauld says people can still become
really unwell with Covid and those with a high temperature are strongly >advised to stay at home. If they still have lateral flow tests in the
house and test positive, adults should isolate for five days and
children for three days.
She warns that the pandemic is not over yet and says measures may need
to be reassessed if a new Covid-19 variant "really challenged" the
progress made.
Are vaccinations still happening?
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Those eligible for the spring booster are adults aged 75 years and over
(or who will turn 75 by 30 June 2022), residents in care homes for older >adults and individuals aged 12 years and over who have a weakened immune >systems.
For some immunosuppressed people this may be their fifth jab, as extra
doses were given to those with certain health conditions.
All five to 11-year-olds in the UK are eligible for a low-dose Covid
vaccine.
What is the situation with masks?
Woman on a train in a mask
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People in Scotland are no longer legally required to wear face coverings
in crowded indoor places such as shops and restaurants, or on public >transport. However, the Scottish government and health experts are still >strongly advising people to continue to wear masks voluntarily.
Michael Ejercito wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-61272252
contactPeople with Covid in Scotland no longer need to self-isolate
Published1 day ago
Share
Related Topics
Coronavirus pandemic
Girl looking out of window
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
People with Covid in Scotland no longer need to self-isolate and
last week.tracing has come to an end as case numbers continue to fall.
Covid-19 infections have dropped for the fifth successive week, with
about one in 25 people having the virus, compared with one in 19
phaseFollowing a change in Scottish government guidance, anyone feeling
unwell with Covid symptoms is now advised to just stay at home.
Why do we no longer need to self-isolate?
A woman looks out her window
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf says Scotland is now in a "different
an end.of the pandemic" and is "focused on reducing severe harm of the virus".
Covid-19 is effectively now being treated in the same way as any other >virus.
What is happening with testing?
Covid testing
IMAGE SOURCE,PA MEDIA
You will no longer be advised to take a PCR test, mass testing has
ended, testing sites are closing and test and trace has finished. Free >lateral flow tests for the general population have already come to
date.The Protect Scotland app will be closed down but users are advised to
keep the app on their phones in case it is needed again at a future
theirWhat are the Covid symptoms?
New recognised symptoms
Scotland's list of official Covid-19 symptoms has now been expanded, >bringing it closer in line with guidance in the rest of the UK.
The original signs of a Covid infection that were recognised in the UK >were fever, new continuous cough and loss of sense of smell or taste.
Additions to the list in Scotland now include: shortness of breath, >unexplained tiredness, lack of energy, muscle aches or pains, unusual >hunger, headaches, sore throat, stuffy or runny nose, and diarrhoea, >feeling sick or being sick.
What do I do if I have symptoms?
Woman sneezing
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Adults who have symptoms of Covid and other respiratory illnesses and
have a high temperature, or do not feel well enough to go to work or
carry out normal activities, will be advised to stay at home until
as afever has gone or they feel well enough.
Children and young people aged 18 and under with mild symptoms such
carersrunny nose, sore throat, or slight cough who are otherwise well, do not >need to stay at home and can continue to attend education settings.
The Scottish government says this reflects the fact that children and >young people generally have a higher likelihood than adults of regular >instances of respiratory symptoms from non-Covid illnesses.
How is the NHS affected?
woman in mask being swabbed by person in visor
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,
Health and social care workers are among those who can still be tested
NHS Scotland has now also been taken out of emergency footing as Covid >cases continue to fall.
However, testing will remain available to certain groups including
health and social care workers, care home and hospital visitors,
patients groups eligible for treatment, hospital patients, unpaid
olderand people in prison.
What is the expert opinion?
linda bauld
IMAGE SOURCE,UNIVERSITY OF EDINBUGH
Public health expert Prof Linda Bauld says people can still become
really unwell with Covid and those with a high temperature are strongly >advised to stay at home. If they still have lateral flow tests in the >house and test positive, adults should isolate for five days and
children for three days.
She warns that the pandemic is not over yet and says measures may need
to be reassessed if a new Covid-19 variant "really challenged" the >progress made.
Are vaccinations still happening?
elderly woman given vaccine
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Those eligible for the spring booster are adults aged 75 years and over >(or who will turn 75 by 30 June 2022), residents in care homes for
immuneadults and individuals aged 12 years and over who have a weakened
coveringssystems.
For some immunosuppressed people this may be their fifth jab, as extra >doses were given to those with certain health conditions.
All five to 11-year-olds in the UK are eligible for a low-dose Covid >vaccine.
What is the situation with masks?
Woman on a train in a mask
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
People in Scotland are no longer legally required to wear face
stillin crowded indoor places such as shops and restaurants, or on public >transport. However, the Scottish government and health experts are
strongly advising people to continue to wear masks voluntarily.The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
the U.K. & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like
http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
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