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The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to global public health, causing millions of deaths around the world, and potentially resulting in lasting health problems for some people who have survived infection. The first positive case of COVID-19 infection in Scotland was identified on 1st March 2020, with the first death of a patient with COVID-19 occurring on 13th March. [1] The rapid rise in infection rate and hospital admission resulted in a period of national lockdown which started on the 24th of March, with varying levels of restriction on day-to-day activities being in place over the following two years.