BREAKING: No masks required on nightclub dance floors in Scotland
It's good news for nightclub operators..
Last updated 4th Aug 2021
A publication of the rules is expected soon. With clubs given the greenlight to re-open for the first time in well over a year from Monday.
The Scottish Government has confirmed new Covid regulations will not demand the wearing of a face covering on nightclub dance floors.
Some operators had been worried their customers would be forced to wear masks whilst dancing, after Nicola Sturgeon announced the mandate for face coverings would remain for "some time to come".
Speaking to us National Clinical Director Jason Leitch said: "When you are standing, or sitting, eating or drinking, there is an exemption to wearing the face covering.
"So that means strictly speaking you can drink at the bar, we are trying to avoid crowds at the bar, so we are asking the night time industry what that looks like."