"We introduced a series of balanced protective measures over the festive period. Coupled with the extraordinary response of the public and the booster programme, we're thankfully now in a better position - but we can't be complacent." #FMQs
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Douglas Ross is showing rather more political desperation than we even thought he might have been.
'At the moment, this cautious approach is the one we should be taking - that's my sentiment' - those are not even my words, but the words of Sandesh Gulhane on 7 Jan." #FMQs
🇪🇺 Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, but we're now paying the price of Tory Brexit.
👇🏼 Labour are now full supporters of Boris Johnson’s Brexit – as Keir Starmer ruled out re-joining the EU or renegotiating the current damaging deal.
🤝 By warmly welcoming an ex-Tory MP, who backed a "no deal" and voted to impose the hardest possible Brexit, Labour confirms they're now fully on board the Brexit bus.
👇🏼 Meanwhile, families and businesses across Scotland are paying a heavy price.
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Today, I will report on the current course of the pandemic.
I will set out the latest data and explain why, although significant pressures and uncertainties remain, the data gives us confidence that we have turned the corner on the Omicron wave."
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "I will then confirm our next steps in lifting the protective measures introduced before Christmas.
I will also indicate what we can all continue to do in the period ahead to keep cases on a downward trend, and to reduce the pressure on the NHS and the wider economy."
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "There is plenty of capacity in vaccination centres, and you will always be welcomed.
So please go along - it is not too late, it's never too late, to get vaccinated."
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "The final issue I want to touch on briefly is the work I mentioned last week on a revised strategic framework."
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "A revised strategic framework is intended to set out how we might adapt, medium to longer term, to living with the virus in a way that still mitigates the harm it does but without the kind of restrictive measures that we are all tired of and which do harm in other ways."
@NicolaSturgeon FM @NicolaSturgeon: "Although significant uncertainties remain in both the data and the immediate period ahead, there are nevertheless some grounds for cautious optimism..."
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "...that a combination of the protective measures introduced before Christmas, responsible action on the part of the general public, and the rapid delivery of booster vaccines have had a positive impact."
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Today, I will report on the continuing rise in Covid cases.
I will outline our approach to managing this phase of the pandemic.
As part of that, I will set out immediate changes to the requirements for self-isolation and testing."
@NicolaSturgeon FM: "While we are not proposing any additional measures at this stage, I will confirm that existing protections and guidance will remain in place for the coming week, pending further review."