Scottish lockdown exit 'in jeopardy' due to lack of tracing staff

Hundreds of new NHS staff who will be vital if strict lockdown measures are to be eased in Scotland may not be in place until the end of the month, it has emerged. SNP ministers came under fire after it emerged that no contact tracers have yet been recruited from outside the NHS, despite ministers saying a team of 2,000 is needed to implement their ‘test, trace and isolate’ strategy. More than 8,000 people have applied to be contract tracers to date. Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office