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Aberdeen City Council say they will not support any further local lockdown measures imposed on Aberdeen by the Scottish Government past this Saturday.
Douglas Lumsden, Co-Leader of ACC said “The Grampian COVID-19 Incident Management Team also proposed that the Statutory Restrictions on Movement and Statutory Restrictions on Gatherings should be removed on Saturday 22nd August, subject to ongoing epidemiological review. "
"This was because the local Incident Management Team recognised there was no information to support an acceleration of COVID-19 incidence in vulnerable populations at risk of severe adverse disease outcomes.”
"Evidence shows that Aberdeen has been disproportionately affected by Covid-19 and using PACE notifications, it shows there are 5,100 jobs at risk of redundancy from 70 employers, across various sectors, including hospitality. "
"This is the highest in Scotland, and three times the level of the second ranked authority area (Aberdeenshire, 1,800 posts).”
Councillor Jenny Laing Co-Leader Aberdeen City Council said “At our meeting with Scottish Government officials yesterday we heard from the local COVID-19 Outbreak Incident Management Team that they believed the situation is now under adequate control..."
"and mitigation measures can be put in place to allow lower risk settings to open on Saturday 22nd August subject to site specific assessments. I can confirm that the Council is ready to make these site-specific assessments to allow businesses to open”
