Aberdeen is to remain in local lockdown for a third week as it is not yet safe to lift the restrictions, Nicola Sturgeon said. Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed Aberdeen’s lockdown will be extended for another week. ABERDEEN has been back under lockdown conditions since the beginning of August after a cluster of cases involving some of the cities restaurants. Co-leader Jenny Laing said: "It is apparent that Covid-19 has already had a significant impact on our local economy and continuing with the current restrictions is only going to make a bad economic situation even worse.". Ms Sturgeon said 15 of the 50 new cases in Scotland on Wednesday were in the Grampian area. Weekly quiz: What's the Sex and the City reboot called? Under the lockdown measures, bars, restaurants, cafes and pubs were required by law to close on 5 August. "But despite this slight reduction, cases are still far higher than in any other part of the country - and considerably higher than they were in Grampian before the outbreak started". Bars, cafes and restaurants have been ordered to close as lockdown restrictions are reimposed in Aberdeen over a coronavirus cluster in the area. the cancellation of the club's next two matches. News. Plans in place to start mass Covid vaccinations in the north-east, Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion. 4-min read. Aberdeen City Council said it did not support continuing the lockdown. IT’S spent longer in lockdown than any other part of Scotland. She added: "We continue to watch closely for any signs that the outbreak has spread to Aberdeenshire in any significant way, but at present we are not placing any additional restrictions on people living in the shire". 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Aberdeen lockdown with bars ordered to close by 5pm today. There have been 177 new cases since an outbreak was detected in the city. 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Today we’ll find out if restrictions in Aberdeen can begin to ease. bars, cafes, restaurants and pubs are closed, no travel more than five miles for leisure or holidays, no travel to the city for leisure or to visit friends and family, even if you live in Aberdeenshire. Weekly quiz: What's the Sex and the City reboot called? It said the team, which was set up to manage and investigate the cluster, supported the "precautionary approach" and the decision to maintain the restrictions. NHS Grampian said the local incident management team had been asked to make recommendations to the Scottish government. People in the city must no longer visit each other's houses or travel more than 5 miles for "leisure or recreation", Nicola Sturgeon announced. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said 54 cases have now been reported in the outbreak. Aberdeen, SD (57401) Today. "We've already seen business closures and we fear that we may see more, and the job losses that come with that. © 2021 BBC. 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