A lobby group of healthcare workers has warned against the decision to remove face mask guidance in healthcare settings.
The Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition (SHWC) has written to ministers, claiming “very serious flaws” in changing the guidance.
The group is made up of medical professionals who worked throughout the pandemic.
All members have long Covid or another chronic post-viral illness.
Face mask guidance was withdrawn in May in hospitals, dentists and GP surgeries having been in place since June 2020.
The decision came after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 was no longer a global emergency.
The Scottish government said the country had entered “a calmer phase” of the pandemic.
Doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland condemned the decision at the time.
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