Question reference: S5W-34230
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what investigations it has undertaken regarding the impact of the new COVID-19 variant on children and young people.
Answer
The Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group and the Sub-Group on Education and Children’s Issues have discussed this issue at their regular and extraordinary meetings held in recent weeks. However, the evidence of the impact of the new COVID-19 variant on children and young people is as yet insufficient in order to reach any firm conclusions. For that reason, the Scottish Government will be collecting the most up to date information on the new variant of the virus, and particularly the data on transmission among and by children and young people. The COVID-19 Advisory Sub-Group on Education and Children’s Issues will consider the issue in more detail once it has that data.