Scotland’s chief medical officer (CMO) has been photographed visiting her family’s second home in Fife during the coronavirus pandemic even though she said people had to stay at home.
Photos of Dr Catherine Calderwood and her family near a coastal retreat in Earlsferry were published in The Scottish Sun late on Saturday.
The paper says the home in the capital is just two-and-a-half miles from the Scottish Government building where Dr Calderwood delivers daily briefings on the virus with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The images emerged despite from the CMO and other leading medical professionals and politicians to stay at home in order to save lives and protect the NHS.
Last month, the Scottish Government issued a travel warning criticising the “irresponsible behaviour” of people with second homes and campervans travelling to the Highlands in a bid to isolate.
On Friday, the First Minister said the upcoming Easter break would be “a holiday period unlike any we’ve had in our lifetimes”.
Dr Calderwood also stressed people should adhere to the restrictions, and said it was looking less likely summer holidays will take place this year as they have done previously.
A Scottish Government spokesman has provoked further anger by giving their full backing to Calderwood saying:
Since this start of this epidemic, the CMO has been working seven days a week preparing Scotland’s response.
She took the opportunity this weekend to check on a family home in Fife as she knows she will not be back again until the crisis is overShe stayed overnight before returning to Edinburgh.In line with guidance, she stayed within her own household group and observed social distancing with anyone she was in passing in the village.
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