NICOLA Sturgeon will reportedly make an announcement today on whether Covid restrictions will ease in Scotland's largest city amid a spike in the number of people infected with the virus.
The BBC says the First Minister will provide an update on the Covid restrictions Glasgow will face as Scotland prepares to move to level 2.
Meetings took place yesterday with local public health teams in both areas but a decision will be made today.
Glasgow is due to move into level 2 from Monday along with the rest of the mainland, except Moray, despite having a case rate of 74 per 100,000 - nearly three times the Scotland average.
Scottish Government officials have said "the intention has not changed" for Glasgow to ease restrictions, though the situation is being monitored closely.
Glasgow's spike comes as restrictions are set to ease
Pockets of Glasgow including Pollokshields and Easterhouse are experiencing very high rates of Covid.
The spike is largely being driven by infection clusters among younger and unvaccinated people in Pollokshields, Easterhouse and Govanhill, with Pollokshields West battling a case rate of almost 730 per 100,000.
National clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said the outbreak in the south of Glasgow is "relatively contained".
Meanwhile, NHS Grampian said Moray's outbreak is showing "signs of improvement".
Leitch said people should be concerned about the increasing numbers in Scotland's largest city.
But he added: "It is relatively contained, not yet exponential growth like we have seen with this virus before."
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