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Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton raises new data from the Office for National Statistics that shows an estimated 99,000 people in Scotland have long Covid.

Mr Cole-Hamilton says long Covid sufferers “need new hope” and asks “where are the long Covid clinics? Where are the community nurses?”

Ms Sturgeon says she “recognises the plight” of people with what she says is a “dreadful condition”.

She adds, “I don’t accept our response has been equal to the scale of the challenge,” but adds that extra money will be required in future Scottish government budgets.

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Mr Sarwar raises the case of a six-month-old child that died at the children’s hospital in the QEUH campus.

The Scottish Labour leader says the baby’s death certificate listed a bacterial infection linked to water and claims the mum has no confidence in the health board.

“Either you are not being told the truth, or you are hiding the truth,” says Mr Sarwar.

Ms Sturgeon refutes Mr Sarwar's suggestion and says the government and health board have implemented the majority of recommendations made by independent reports into the hospital.

She adds that all potential infection outbreaks at hospitals are flagged to ministers.

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar claims Nicola Sturgeon “chose the wrong side” when failing to back calls for the management of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to resign.

Two women grieving loved ones, who died after contracting infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow,want the health board's bosses to be replaced.

Ms Sturgeon said:“I absolutely understand the questions they have, I want to get them the answers they want.”

The first minister went on to say the “evidence does not bear out” suggestions the hospital is unsafe, adding, “no hospital anywhere in the world can eliminate the risk of infection.”