The Latest Breaking News from Linda Bauld

Professor Linda Bauld, from Edinburgh University, was speaking as the latest figures showed the number of Scots believed to have Covid increased to one in 30 last week - up from one in 40 the previous week

Professor Linda Bauld says Covid boosters may be extended to a wider range of groups in autumn.

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics showed that around one in 40 people in Scotland had Covid-19, up from one in 50 the previous week.

SCOTLAND is experiencing another wave of Covid-19 infections as cases of two Omicron variants increase, a public health expert has said.

Professor Linda Bauld said the Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5. are part of the reason for the increase in cases and a "small but not significant" rise in the number of people in hospital.

SCOTLAND'S Covid hospital cases have fallen to their lowest rate since last summer, an expert has said.

A public health expert has said that steps have now been made for Scotland to begin moving forward from coronavirus, despite stating that the pandemic was not yet over.

Public heath expert Linda Bauld said there were signs protection from covid was starting to wane in the population.

Nicola Sturgeon along with actor Carmen Pieraccini, Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone MSP, public health expert Professor Linda Bauld and Brenda King, chief executive of the charity African and Caribbean Diversity will attend the event.