Covid: Law on wearing face masks in Scotland lifted
Scotland's national clinical director, Professor Jason Leitch, said coronavirus was now being dealt with through common sense and guidance, rather than law.BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programmeHe said: "We're still cautious as public health advisers because we're still worried about the overwhelmed nature of our health systems around the world - not just here, but Scotland is no exception.
"If I choose not to wear a mask, I make it dangerous for somebody who's vulnerable and I take their choice away," he said.Asked whether it was too soon to lift the face mask rules, he said: "Personally, at the levels of Covid that we have now.... I think it's premature. But I don't want to quibble about that.
About one in 17 people in Scotland had the virus in week ending 9 April - down from one in 13 the previous week, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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