Two boards pause non-emergency surgery amid 'unprecedented demand' caused by rising cases and staff shortages.
Covid case numbers continue to rise, with the latest government figures showing a further 5,810 people tested positive in the past 24 hours.
She said: "We continue to hope - and recent data gives us a bit more of a solid basis for this - we can turn the corner through continued care and caution and stringent compliance with existing mitigations and without having to reintroduce any tighter restrictions."It followed the number of new Covid cases reported in Scotland hitting a record daily high of 7,113.
She added: "We have, therefore, taken the very difficult decision again to temporarily suspend some planned services in order to redeploy staff to cover emergency care.
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