Scotland’s Tier System LIVE: Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon discusses new coronavirus measures in Scottish Parliament

There have been another 1,207 cases of Covid-19 diagnosed in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 45,046.

Public Health Wales said seven more deaths had been reported, with the total rising to 1,790.

Scotland has recorded 25 deaths from coronavirus and 1,327 positive tests in the last 24 hours, the latest figures from the Scottish government show.

It means that the death toll of people who tested positive for the virus for the first time in the previous 28 days has risen to 2,726.

A total of 59,201 people have tested positive in Scotland, up from 57,874 the day before.

The daily rate of positivity for the test is 8.7%, compared to 7.1% the day before.

There are 1,100 people in the hospital confirmed with the virus, up from 1,052 on Monday.

Of these patients, 82 are in intensive care, eight fewer than yesterday.

A health minister has “high hopes” that sniffer dogs can be used to help detect Covid-19 in the UK.

Lord Bethell praised an “extremely exciting” trial that is underway to assess whether trained dogs can be used to identify unique odors associated with coronavirus infection.

It is hoped that they can be used to detect crowds at airports and other busy places to search for infected people.

Finland has already deployed coronavirus detection dogs at its main international airport in a four-month trial.

The toughest Scots received a record over £ 2.5m in emergency grants in the first full month of the lockdown, new figures have shown.

Spending on crisis grants in April was 158% higher than in the same period in 2019, a Scottish government report showed.

In the Edinburgh City Council area alone, the number of crisis grants, helping families with essential expenses such as heating and food, delivered from April to June more than doubled in the same period in 2019, with 5,735 grants awarded this year. compared to 2,280 12 months ago.

Spending on crisis grants in Scotland amounted to £ 5.2 million over the three months.

A Glasgow nightclub owner has suggested that some venues in the city are losing “between 50% and 75% of their most profitable business hours” due to restrictions on the industry.

Donald MacLeod MBE, chairman of the Glasgow Licensing Forum and owner of The Garage and Cathouse nightclubs in the city, has written to Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon with alternative options for “navigating a path out of the restrictions” amid of the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of the autonomous body, which is independent of Glasgow City Council, it has called for a late entry time to replace the current 10pm curfew, as well as highlighting issues with turning off music in such venues.

People who have been on vacation have similar rates of Covid-19 infection to those who have not, according to the latest data.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there is “no longer a difference” in the rate of infections between those who traveled abroad and those who did not.

A major long-term study to track Covid-19 in the population had previously found that there were higher rates of positivity among people who had traveled on board compared to those who had not.

But the data from the last fortnight analyzed found no statistical difference in the rate of positive cases between those who traveled and those who stayed at home.

Between September 25 and October 8, only 3% of the participants had traveled abroad.

And 0.49% of those who said they had not traveled abroad in the past 30 days tested positive for the virus, compared to 0.58% of those who had traveled.

Virologist Professor Wendy Barclay from Imperial College London said the new coronavirus was behaving similarly to seasonal coronaviruses, which are responsible for the common cold.

Professor Barclay, who is one of the authors of new research that found that people’s immunity built up after a Covid-19 infection could only last for a few months as their protective antibody levels decline, told Times Radio : “This new coronavirus appears to be behaving in a way somewhat similar to seasonal coronaviruses that have been in humans for decades, if not hundreds of thousands of years.

“And for them, we know that you get re-infected every one or two years because your immunity, whether made up of antibodies or T cells, fades to such an extent that you can become infected again.”

On the concept of an “immunity passport”, whereby people can carry on with their lives normally after an infection, he added: “This concept of an immunity passport” at this time is not a good idea because people can vary quite a bit. a lot in the kind of quality of the antibody response they produce.

“We would not like people to go out and change their behavior thinking that they are protected when they are not.

“Also, the study we’ve published shows that if you had to test one month, you may need to test the next month or the next month because your antibody levels can change over time.