MINISTERS' COVID RISK BLUNDERS

Scottish Government wrongly brushed off airborne fears and nurses got 'staggeringly inadequate' PPE

- SARAH WARD

PANDEMIC INQUIRY BLAST

THE Scottish Government "dismissed" concerns by nurses about the airborne transmission of Covid during the pandemic, it was claimed yesterday.

Colin Poolman, director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland, also told the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry that the inadequacy of personal protective equipment (PPE) was initially "staggering".

Poolman said attempts were made by the RCN from 2020 to raise concerns about airborne transmission with the Scottish Government.