Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled Scotland’s next phase in its battle with coronavirus – a “test, trace, isolate, support” approach.
Sturgeon denied that Monday’s announcement was an admission that it had been wrong to abandon tracing earlier in the UK’s coronavirus outbreak, in a press briefing in Edinburgh on Monday.
It’s not some kind of quick fix, it doesn’t work on its own to get infection rates down or keep them down … It’s important to use in combination with physical distancing and hygiene,” Sturgeon explained.
In a foreword to the strategy published on the Scottish government website, Sturgeon warned “our lives are not going to go back to exactly how they were.”
“To protect each other, our lives are not going to go back to exactly how they were. Instead, we will need to continue to adapt our behavior to reduce the risk of the disease spreading.
“We will need to continue with physical distancing and good hand and respiratory hygiene, including the appropriate use of face coverings,” she said.
