Legal requirements to wear face masks in Scotland will be terminated on March 21 if Nicola Sturgeon gives the go-ahead to plans laid out last month.
The First Minister has been warned to take a “cautious approach” to lifting the last remaining requirement surrounding coronavirus enshrined in law amid rising levels of infection and hospital cases.
Scotland’s chief medical officer, Professor Sir Gregor Smith, said experts were “keeping a close eye” on the omicron BA-2 sub-type which is now the dominant variant across the country.
