Maintaining a legal requirement on Scots to wear face masks while on public transport and shopping is now "too big a force", an infections expert has claimed.
Dr Christine Tait-Burkard said cases of the BA2 Omicron subvariant had peaked about two weeks ago.
And while the number of Scots in hospital with the virus has reached record highs in recent days, she said these figures "look like they are starting to drop".
