First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has said the NHS workforce is "depleted and ever more exhausted" due to the new wave of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Despite a lower rate of hospitalisation, the first minister said the "sheer volume of cases" will lead to an increased number of patients with Covid ending up in hospital.
Report by Lewisl.
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