Question reference: S5W-31162
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 August 2020
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 August 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome of the seven-day review of the Aberdeen City lockdown has concluded.
Answer
The decision is to maintain current restrictions for the next 7 days as there is no evidence to support the relaxation of the current restrictions.
Our decision has been informed by the advice of the Grampian Incident Management Team (IMT), local clinical advice as well as our own Scottish Government clinical advice. We have taken into account all the evidence and data available. This includes number of new cases in the region and venues effected. There is evidence that the situation is stabilising. The evidence suggests the measures are working but it is too early to determine exactly what impact the measures have had and to distinguish the impact of individual measures so the measures all need to remain in place as they are.