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100 days of lockdown: What happened and when

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It has been 100 days since Scotland and the rest of the UK was put into lockdown.

We take a look back at what has happened so far.

March 23

Funerals were restricted to immediate family members, weddings were cancelled and gatherings of more than a handful of people were banned as Scotland was put into lockdown.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed the nation from St Andrew’s House in Edinburgh, telling Scots not to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.

March 25

Prince Charles tested positive for coronavirus and self-isolated in Aberdeenshire.

Clarence House said the Duke of Rothesay experienced mild symptoms.

Meanwhile, across the UK, children were trying to cheer everyone up by placing drawings of rainbows in their windows for passersby to see.

March 26

Streets across the UK came alive with the sound of applause in what would be the first of many Clap for our Carers events as thousands of people showed their appreciation for key workers.

March 27

Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister was later admitted to hospital and was in intensive care the following week. He was discharged from hospital on April 12.

 

March 29

Nicola Sturgeon announced a new volunteer scheme, Scotland Cares.

April 5

Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood resigned after it was revealed she had been ignoring her own advice to the public and visiting her second home in Fife twice during the coronavirus lockdown.

April 8

A mystery donor pledged £10,000 to The Lord Provost’s Charitable Trust to help Aberdonians impacted by coronavirus.

It was also on this date the true scale of how coronavirus had impacted Scotland was revealed with the first publication of figures by the National Records of Scotland

April 12

People across the north and north-east remained vigilant in the fight against coronavirus, even when it was Easter weekend.

April 23

B&Q reopened some of its branches including in Aberdeen and Inverness with social distancing measures in place.

May 3

Portree’s Home Farm Care Home became the epicentre of the island’s coronavirus outbreak after 54 patients and staff tested positive.

There were 10 deaths in total related to the virus and a staff member also later tested positive for a second time.

May 4

Nicola Sturgeon unveiled plans to introduce a “test, trace and isolate (TTI)” system.

May 13

Police had to be called to control traffic at Burger King in Elgin when it reopened its drive-through service.

Queues of motorists lined the streets causing tailbacks in the area. There were similar scenes when McDonalds opened a few weeks later.

May 14

Scores of events have been cancelled due to the pandemic and on May 14,the leaders of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils revealed the north-east will have to wait until September 2021 for the Tour of Britain to debut following its postponement.

May 21

A radical vision of the future was outlined by Nicola Sturgeon as she unveiled the Scottish Government plan to ease anti-Covid-19 restrictions over the coming weeks and months.

May 25

Boris Johnson’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, defended his decision to drive 260 miles from London to County Durham during the coronavirus lockdown while he and his family were suffering with Covid-19 symptoms during a televised statement.

June 1

Recycling centres across Scotland reopened

June 7

Scotland marked its first day without a Covid-19 death being registered since the onset of the pandemic in March.

June 8

Experts revealed Moray could be the worst-hit region in Scotland for job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, with an estimated 10,000 people ending up unemployed.

 

June 10

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing revealed the target date for tourism and hospitality businesses reopening in a statement at Holyrood.

June 18

Scotland moved into phase two of the lockdown easing plan which allowed people to meet with two households outside.

 

June 23

Education secretary John Swinney unveiled plans for a return to full-time schooling by August

It was also on this day that Sutherland pensioner Margaret Payne complete her epic mountain staircase challenge.

The 90-year-old climbed her staircase 282 times – the equivalent of the height of  Suilven – and raised  £347,000 for Highland Hospice, NHS Highland and RNLI.

June 29

Shoppers returned to the High Street as stores with street-access reopened in Scotland.