thanks for - taking us through that, laura jones, taking us through that, laura jones, our business correspondent of scotland's leading health officials during the covid pandemic is reported to have deleted his whatsapp messages, meaning they can't be handed over to official covid inquiries. the times newspaper says that scotland's national clinical director, professorjason leitch, deleted his whatsapp communications every day during the pandemic. live to glasgow and our scotland correspondent, rebecca curran. rebecca, professor leitch was a key figure in scotland's's fight against covid, wasn't he?— figure in scotland's's fight against covid, wasn't he? absolutely right, i'm sure many _ covid, wasn't he? absolutely right, i'm sure many viewers _ covid, wasn't he? absolutely right, i'm sure many viewers will - covid, wasn't he? absolutely right, i i'm sure many viewers will remember him, he became something of a household name during the pandemic, particularly here in scotland. he regularly appeared on our television screens and radios communicating the science behind the decision is the scottish

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