Professor Mark Woolhouse, an expert in infectious diseases at the University of Edinburgh, made the comments as travel restrictions across Scotland are set to end on Friday.
Scots will also be able to meet up outdoors in groups of six from up to six different households.But there remains a widespread assumption among some people that meetings outdoors still pose a threat of spreading covid.
Last summer there was widespread condemnation on social media of people gathering at busy beaches or other beauty spots. Speaking at a meeting of the e Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Woolhouse stressed there is little risk of Covid-19 spreading outdoors.“One conclusion we can draw from thousands of studies around the world, is that outdoors is.