AFTER Nicola Sturgeon announced that Glasgow would remain in partial lockdown for at least another week, the city reacted with fury and despair. 

Claire Warren said: “It’s the hoose parties, caused by the pubs being shut. Nicola should visit pubs in Glasgow and see how they are being run and are adhering to rules set by her. Does she realise people are gonna lose their jobs, houses and maybe even their lives due to not being able to go to work?”

Jacqueline Kerr thought the government had to allow people to return to normality. 

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She said: “She needs to let us get on with it, this virus is not going to go away, we can’t keep living our lives this way.”

But Elizabeth Napier thought the government was taking the right tact and said: “Well done, Nicola. I think is needed. I know not everyone agrees with you, especially the people who are losing their wages and I do feel sorry for them but hopefully the lockdown will help and everyone will get back to work.”

Graham Boyle asked: “We were shut down for six months and the virus is still with us - what good is two to three weeks going to make?”

Annie Donald argued that schools were the issue. She said: “I still think the schools have a lot to do with the spread of Covid. There’s definitely no social distancing with secondary school pupils.”

David Stevenson optimistically thought enforcing lockdown measures now might mean a return to near-normality by Christmas.

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Another reader praised the First Minister’s efforts to control the virus. Rose Gardner said: “Well done Nicola for trying to keep people from getting ill and dying. If only the idiots who flaunt the rules wouldn’t and we’d get back to a bit of normality sooner rather than later.”

Rose Kerr spoke for perhaps more than just herself when she said bluntly: “This is doing my head in.”

Steven McColm blasted the government’s strategy noting the massive amounts of money generated by the hospitality industry. He said: “The emotional and financial impact on all the people who are directly and indirectly affected by closing the hospitality industry is huge.

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"It’s particularly galling when the FM says ‘It’s maybe working but we don’t know yet’ with no definitive scientific answer. Shambles.”

Christine Clark, who claimed to have the virus in January, thought it should be allowed to "run its course". 

She added: "It will eventually slow down. More and more people have access to tests, hence the higher testing rates. People would otherwise pass it off as a winter flu. There's no point in passing blame."