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Welcome to your coronavirus update from The Scotsman. Before we begin, please consider taking out a digital subscription with us from just £3 a month for unlimited access to all our stories. Or you can now give the gift of a digital subscription to a loved one here. Readers of this newsletter can get a 20% discount on gift subscriptions with the promo code SCOTGIFT20. First Minister toughens up level rules In her daily briefing today, Nicola Sturgeon has urged people to stay at home from Boxing Day, and said she will be "discussing over the next few days" whether she would make that advice law. In her Tuesday briefing, she also further outlined plans for the coming weeks, including the latest on the growing crisis at Dover that after Christmas fresh food supplies could be affected. Here's what she had to say on the restrictions in level four and more. 10 areas of Scotland with the lowest rates of coronavirus As level four restrictions loom for the majority of the country, we look at the 10 areas of Scotland that have had the lowest amount of positive cases of the virus over the last seven days. The data from the Scottish government shows the breakdown of cases per 100,000 people. These are the 10 areas of Scotland with the lowest Covid-19 cases. More headlines from today >> For the latest breaking coronavirus news as it happens, keep up to date with our live blog. Thank you for reading and stay safe, Graham - Graham.Falk@jpimedia.co.uk |