Doctors have warned the decision to remove face mask guidance in healthcare settings is “playing Russian roulette” with staff and patients’ welfare.
It was withdrawn in May in hospitals, dentists and GP surgeries having been in place since June 2020.
The decision came after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 was no longer a global emergency.
The Scottish government said the country had entered “a calmer phase” of the pandemic.
Doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland condemned the decision at the time.
Data from Public Health Scotland shows that an average of 35 Covid cases were reported daily in the week ending 9 July.
In the same week, a total of 55 people were admitted to hospital within 14 days of returning a positive test.
Now, the Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition has written to ministers to highlight the “very serious flaws” in changing the guidance.
The group is made up of Scottish healthcare workers who worked throughout the pandemic and are now living with long Covid or another chronic post-viral illness or disability.
They said healthcare workers are at significantly higher risk of contracting the virus and some have developed post-Covid chronic illnesses.
The group is demanding the reintroduction of masks in all health and social care settings and a commitment to improving ventilation and air filtration as a matter of urgency.
