Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Snapped Breaking Lockdown, Visiting Second Home

Calderwood has repeatedly stressed residents of Scotland should adhere to government advice and restrictions, and suggested it look ever-less likely holidays would take place this year as they have done previously.

Scotland’s chief medical officer, Dr Catherine Calderwood, has been photographed visiting her second home in Fife during the UK Coronavirus lockdown – despite issuing advice to stay at home.

Photos of Calderwood and her family near a coastal retreat in Earlsferry were published in the Scottish Sun late on 4th April – mere days earlier, she’d tweeted a photo of her family from their main residence in Edinburgh as they clapped for NHS staff working to stop the spread of Covid-19.

​Calderwood lives just two-and-a-half miles from the Scottish government building where she delivers daily briefings on the virus to first minister Nicola Sturgeon – although her Earlsferry retreat is over an hour’s drive from Edinburgh. On 3rd April, Sturgeon said the upcoming Easter break would be “a holiday period unlike any we’ve had in our lifetimes”.

​Catherine Calderwood 23 Mar: “We have the virus in Scotland and this is no longer a rehearsal for something that might have to happen.” “(New measures) can restrict the spread but only if people comply with EACH & EVERY ONE of these measures”. When do you start complying Cath? pic.twitter.com/8rkQRVCh0k

​The images emerged amid continuing urging from the CMO and other leading medical professionals and politicians to stay at home in order to protect lives and the NHS. In March, the Scottish government issued a travel warning criticising the “irresponsible behaviour” of those with second homes and camper vans travelling to the Highlands in an effort to isolate.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Snapped Breaking Lockdown, Visiting Second Home

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