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Nicola Sturgeon is to give an update on coronavirus on Thursday afternoon.
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FM: “I can only take the decisions that fall to Scotland.”
She doesn’t comment on decisions made for England by the Prime Minister.
FM: Hopes that recent numbers are showing a slowing down of the trend in the last few weeks.
This should lead to an easing of pressure from Covid on the NHS.
FM: “If you wear a face covering - however much you hate doing it - you are helping to protect someone else.”
“Ir is right and proper we are criticised and scrutinised”
“I’m not saying I always enjoy it but I never shy away from it”
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