The final restrictions put in place in response to the Omicron variant sweeping across Scotland will be eased from Monday. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced last week nightclubs would be able to reopen, while the caps on indoor events, table service requirements for venues selling alcohol, and social distancing will also be removed. The measures were put in place in December—along with a maximum capacity in outdoor events of 500, which was eased last Monday as the new variant caused a spike in cases—eventually peaking at more than 20,000 in the first days of 2022. However, infections started to dip faster than expected, never reaching the worst-case scenario the Scottish government envisaged as possible—with projections suggesting 50,000 people could be infected daily with the new variant at the peak of the wave. But the requirements for face coverings and self-isolation will remain for the foreseeable future. Announcing the end of …