It is now ILLEGAL to leave the house in Scotland: Ministers say they are more worried about COVID ‘than at any stage in the pandemic so far’ as Sturgeon closes schools places of worship and bans group exercise
New law means it is illegal for people to leave their homes in lockdown
Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced tough new coronavirus restrictions
New measures came into force across Scotland from midnight this morning
Schools will remain shut until February and people will be told to stay at home
Yesterday Scotland confirmed it had recorded 2,464 new cases of coronavirus
By Dan Sales For Mailonline
Published: 19:56 AEDT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 07:01 AEDT, 6 January 2021
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Leaving the house in Scotland is now illegal after the country was thrown back into lockdown this morning after fears over the pandemic eclipsed those of last year.
The hardline crackdown, announced by Nicola Sturgeon, includes the legally enforceable stay-at-home rule.
It came after she described the current pandemic situation as the most concerning since March last year.
And this morning her deputy John Swinney confirmed police will take enforcement action on those breaking the rules.
He said: ‘There will be restrictions for a substantial period. We’ve set out our position for the course of January and we came to that conclusion because of the words you quoted from the First Minister.
‘We are more concerned about the situation in Scotland than we have been at any stage in the pandemic so far. That’s come about because of the acceleration of the virus as a consequence of the new variant.
‘We’ve had to take these measures, we very much regret that we’ve had to take these steps and we appreciate the burden that this places on individuals within society but it’s the right thing to do to protect the public’.
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