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The COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland is part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019, caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Scotland on 1 March 2020. [1] Community transmission was first reported on 11 March 2020, and the first confirmed death was on 13 March 2020.
Public Health Scotland (PHS; [2] Scottish Gaelic: Slàinte Poblach na h-Alba) is the national public health body for Scotland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is a Special NHS Health Board, and it is jointly accountable to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and the Scottish Government .
16 April – Public health expert Professor Linda Bauld urges people to continue to follow COVID-19 rules as they gather over the Easter holidays. [ 87 ] 17 April – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been reported to police for breaching Scotland's rules regarding mask wearing after footage appeared on social media showing her without a face ...
The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry is an independent public inquiry into Scotland's response to, and the impact of, the COVID-19 pandemic, and to learn lessons for the future. The Inquiry will investigate aspects of the devolved strategic response to the pandemic, and it will cover health, education and support. [ 1 ]
Research carried out by the health service in Scotland in a sample of 4,751 samples between April and June seems to suggest that less than 5% of Scots have had COVID-19. [ 101 ] 18 July – Scotland experiences its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases since 21 June, with 21 cases reported over the most recent 24 hours, eight of them in the ...
The UK-wide COVID Symptom Study based on surveys of four million participants, endorsed by authorities in Scotland and Wales, run by health science company ZOE, and analysed by King's College London researchers, [2] publishes daily estimates of the number of new and total current COVID-19 infections (excluding care homes) in UK regions, without ...
A Public Health Scotland report into the February 2020 outbreak of COVID at a Nike conference in Edinburgh finds it did not lead to community transmission of the virus. [382] 9 October – Public Health Scotland confirms that 551 COVID cases have been linked to September's TRNSMT festival held in Glasgow, and attended by around 50,000 people. [383]
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