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Christina O'Neill

Still Game's Boaby tests positive for covid after two vaccines

Still Game actor Gavin Mitchell has tested positive for coronavirus after two vaccines.

The actor, who plays Boaby the barman, had responded to a tweet from Nicola Sturgeon around covid restrictions warning Scots he still got ill despite being double-jabbed.

The First Minister said: "As this chart shows, cases in Scotland are falling, but still too high. To talk of tomorrow as ‘freedom day’ (England only remember) is not sensible IMO, given current situation. Vaccines going well and do offer route through - but as we vaccinate, we must ease up gradually."

He replied: "I’ve had both my vaccines and followed the rules, but unfortunately still tested positive and still got ill, however I shudder to think where I would be without the vaccine, having already lost friends. My point is please proceed with caution, this certainly isn’t ‘freedom day’."

Scotland dropped to the lowest level of its five-tier system today.

Face coverings in shops and public transport will remain mandatory for "some time to come", while social distancing will reduce to one metre inside public places.

Changes in Scotland include the easing of indoor gathering restrictions in homes to allow up to eight people from up to four households to meet, while a group of up to 10 can meet inside a pub or restaurant.

Meanwhile, "informal social gatherings" of up to 15 people from 15 households will be permitted outdoors without physical distancing, while up to 200 people can now gather at weddings and funerals.

Elsewhere, hospitality venues can stay open until midnight if they are licensed to do so, extended from the current curfew of 10pm.

August 9 has been set as an indicative date for when all main coronavirus restrictions will be lifted in Scotland.

It is expected all adults in the country will have had their second jab by Sunday September 12.

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