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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Craig Paton

Scrapping testing would be ‘inexcusable negligence’, says Sturgeon

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Scotland’s First Minister has said scrapping Covid-19 testing capacity would be “inexcusable negligence”.

As she announced to MSPs in Holyrood that all legal restrictions in response to Covid-19 could end on March 21 if the downward trajectory of the virus continues, the First Minister said Scotland would “retain a robust testing system” over the coming months.

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