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PHONE-IN: COVID
The UK health security agency says a new Covid variant - nicknamed Eris - is now the second most common across the country. Infection data from the self-reporting health study Zoe suggests Edinburgh's a hotspot with around 40,000 active cases. And an outbreak at a hospital in Stornoway has seen the return of visiting restrictions there.

Stephen asks: How worried are you about Covid?

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