Nicola Sturgeon: Some children could return to school as part of easing lockdown
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed its Framework for Decision Making at her coronavirus briefing.
The first minister said lifting the lockdown will not be like “flipping a switch” but will instead be a gradual process.
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Hide AdOutlining numbers behind her reasoning, she said the R number – the number of people infected by each person who has the virus – is slightly higher in Scotland than the rest of the UK and an estimated 26,000 people are infectious.
She said the “best estimate” is the R number is between 0.7 and one.
But she stressed: “We can’t be sure it is not closer to one than 0.7.”