The early mistakes sound familiar. Not enough testing or PPE, senior figures breaking lockdown,

but in the past couple of months, has Scotland managed to get a

grip on the pandemic in a way that England hasn't? The big difference was that

Nicholas Sturgeon is aiming for elimination. She wants to get it right

down to zero. Over the last fortnight, Scotland has recorded very few deaths from coronavirus.

Is it following a completely different strategy?

The truth is, this is false dichotomy between health and the economy.

The places that lockdown early got a handle on the virus have reopened their economies faster and taken less of an economic hit.

You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manveen Rana. Today, Scotland's

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Let me start as usual with an update on the most recent COVID-19 statistics.

In the middle of July, for seven days in a row, something extraordinary seemed to be happening in Scotland.

I'm pleased to report that no deaths were registered during the past 24 hours, no deaths were

registered. And it's worth just noting that today is the sixth day in a

row in which zero deaths have been registered and that of course means that this is

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