Nicola Sturgeon will announce her latest update on Covid-19 today as Boris Johnson ends restrictions and mass testing from April.
The First Minister will announce her strategic framework for dealing with covid later this afternoon.
Ms Sturgeon is expected to speak in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon at around 2.20pm as the Scottish Government’s blueprint for managing and recovering from coronavirus is published.
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Despite England easing the rules the latest Public Health Scotland data shows Edinburgh remains the area with the most new infections in Scotland.
As of February 21 there were 511 new infections in Edinburgh, and 4271 across the week.
Boris Johnson last night announced that in England the rest of the UK, Covid-19 restrictions would be coming to an end from April 1.
When she updated MSPs on the pandemic earlier this month, she said Scotland was “through the worst” of the Omicron wave and the situation was “much more positive” than at the start of the year.
Yesterday the SNP leader said it would be “unacceptable” for public health decisions of the devolved administrations to be impacted by funding decisions taken by the UK Government.
She said: “In terms of fixed automatic trigger points - we need to be a bit cautious about that.
“Because we know that, if we look at the risks we may face in the future in the form of new variants for example, not all variants have the same impact. You need to have attention to data, to evidence.
“But inevitably, there will have to be judgment applied in any given situation about the actual severity of the threat that any new risk might pose.”
Meanwhile, older Scots aged over 75 and the vulnerable will get a fourth covid booster jab within weeks.
UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced the decision following advice from experts and Holyrood counterpart Humza Yousaf confirmed it will apply in Scotland too.
Javid said: “All four parts of the UK intend to follow the JCVI’s advice. We know immunity to Covid-19 begins to wane over time. That’s why we’re offering a spring booster to those people at higher risk of serious Covid-19 to make sure they maintain a high level of protection. It’s important that everyone gets their top-up jabs as soon as they’re eligible.”
