Because of the high number of people out of work due to Covid, at least six schools in Scotland have been forced to close completely.

While schools remain closed in Dumfries and Galloway, the Highlands, Moray, Orkney, and the Western Isles, many students are turning to remote learning.

A new, more transmissible strain of the Omicron mutation is causing a new wave of Covid cases in Scotland.

Several other municipalities have expressed concern about staffing shortages.