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Claim face masks are not effective against Covid-19 is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim that face masks are not effective against Covid-19.
October 30, 2020
Podcast: Nightlife culture under threat from Covid-19 restrictions
The Government’s lack of engagement with the country’s clubs and music venues – is “unacceptable” according to industry chiefs.
September 18, 2020
Fact check: Anti- lockdown Covid-19 claims
Ferret Fact Service looks at a number of claims made in a leaflet used to promote anti-lockdown protests in Edinburgh.
September 14, 2020
More than one in four prisoners now on remand due to covid-19 court backlog
More than one in four prisoners in Scottish jails are now on remand, due to the impact of covid-19 restrictions on the courts.
September 11, 2020
Tenants ‘sidelined’ as landlords lobby for extra Covid-19 subsidy
Landlord lobbyists have pressured Scottish Government officials for further coronavirus subsidies in regular meetings with civil servants, documents show.
July 28, 2020
Sex workers urge decriminalisation as Covid-19 lockdown takes toll
Campaigners in Scotland have urged the Scottish Government to decriminalise sex work, as many suffer during the coronavirus lockdown.
July 22, 2020
Covid-19: Scotland ‘losing £15m a day from loss in women’s earnings’
Women have been forced to perform more unpaid labour during the Covid-19 crisis with their collective lost earnings or productivity equating to more than £15m a day in Scotland, according to a new report.
July 20, 2020
Kidnapped by the state: Mexico’s political prisoners in the Covid-19 pandemic
To reduce the risks of Covid-19 in Mexico's overcrowded prisons, the government signed an amnesty law. But many political prisoners have not been released.
July 2, 2020
MSPs urged to learn from Skye nursing home Covid-19 outbreak
Scotland's leaders urged to look at Home Farm on Skye as a tragic example of where things have gone wrong in the government's Covid-19 response.
May 29, 2020