Scottish government 'not contemplating' reducing isolation
Scotland was the last of the four nations to reduce the self-isolation period.
"It's just that we wanted time to consider whether or not we would, inadvertently, for example, accelerate the transmission of the virus by cutting that isolation period."He added: "We're not contemplating at this stage going from seven days to five.
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