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CORONAVIRUS restrictions may have to be imposed in the aftermath of the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow, a scientific adviser to Nicola Sturgeon has warned.
Professor Devi Sridhar said she believes that the 13-day UN summit will lead to an increase in Covid-19 cases and put further pressure on the health service, triggering the “need for further restrictions.”
Prof Sridhar, who sits on the Scottish government’s Covid-19 advisory group, tweeted the warning in response to a question about whether Cop26 will make the Covid-19 situation in Scotland worse and lead to new curbs on freedoms.
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
