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Covid in Scotland: Irresponsible to scrap free testing, says SNP's Blackford

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford says ending free tests and self-isolation puts health at risk.

: "These tests have been quite instrumental in making sure that we can keep the lid on the spread of the virus as much as we can.

"This is more to do with Boris Johnson than it is to do with taking the right decisions on public health grounds."Boris Johnson earlier told the BBC's Sunday Morning show that people should not throw caution to the wind over Covid. Ian Blackford said the Scottish government would continue to base its decisions on scientific evidence.

 

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