Questions · Jackson Carlaw

3 Sep 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how people who have tested positive for COVID-19 can pro-actively get in touch with contract tracers in situations where they are concerned about the length of time it is taking for health protection teams to contact them for the purposes of identifying close contacts.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Test and Protect is working well and doing exactly what we need it to – identifying positive cases early and tracing contacts so they can get appropriate public health advice. The National Contact Tracing Centre can be reached using the Freephone number 0800…

3 Sep 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the expected timescale is for contact tracers to get in touch with people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to begin the process of identifying close contacts.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The National Contact Tracing Centre (NCTC) aims to contact individuals, who have tested positive, within 24 hours of the NCTC receiving notification of the positive result. As at 20 September, the most recent available data, this is being achieved in 83.4% of…

31 Aug 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether the decision to allow the reopening of indoor sports facilities to the public from 31 August 2020 includes gyms, swimming pools and sports courts that are part of individual schools and used by pupils.

Answer · John Swinney: Indoor sports facilities opened for the general public from 31 August 2020. Decisions on access to facilities located in schools are made locally. At present it should be noted that pupils are not permitted to use indoor school sports facilitates for PE until…

18 Jun 2020 · First Minister's Question