By law, the review of COVID-19 regulations must take place every three weeks to ensure that they remain proportionate to tackle the public health emergency, and the absolute necessity of suppressing the virus, but also recognise the broader harms to health, the economy, and society that are the side-effects of these measures.
At present, the weight of evidence across these harms indicates that there is very little room, if any, for changing the restrictions at this time.
Decision framework
Further information has also been released by the Scottish Government on their framework for decision making document which suggests that their next phase will consist of:
- allowing people to leave the house more than once
- meet a small bubble of family members but perhaps not within closed quarters
- phase back in the construction and retail sectors as long as it can be carried out safely
There are yet to be any dates confirmed on when these changes will be implemented.