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The army in Scotland has confirmed that officers from the Royal Engineers have been assessing the SEC in Glasgow as a possible site for a temporary hospital facility.

A spokesman said the engineers are currently drawing up plans for a hospital but stressed it would be run by the NHS not the military.

And senior officers from the 2 Scots Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland have set up their headquarters at the Scottish government base in St Andrews House in Edinburgh.

Army liaison officers are also now being deployed to every health board across Scotland. The spokesman added that the army was providing planning, logistics and liaison and that no troops had been deployed as yet.

When it comes to people who have only just begun working as self-employed, Rishi Sunak says they will look at whatever accounts they have to work out their entitlement.

But for the self-employed the government don't know about, "there is nothing we can do", and tells them to look at Universal Credit.

The deputy chief medical officer for England, Jenny Harries, declines to predict the exact timing of when she thinks the virus will peak.

She says we are "only just starting to see a bite" from social distancing measures, so it is "too early" to say.

Dr Harries adds: "We are looking for a change in the slope, rather than very steep... a more gentle [growth].

"But we must not take our foot off the pedal and in the last few days the public has understood this is very serious and their actions will save lives."

The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg asks what will happen to people not covered by the scheme.

Rishi Sunak says it will cover 95% of people who make the majority of their wages through being self-employed.

He says the last 5% above the income threshold have average incomes of £200,000, adding: "It is a very generous scheme and treats them with same parity as the employed."

Mr Sunak says government support for the self-employed constitutes an "unprecedented level of support".

He says ministers have worked to make sure it is "targeted at those who need it the most".

However, he also has a warning that the government will not be able to “protect every single job or protect every single business."

Mr Sunak says the scheme will only be open to those who are already self-employed and have a self-assessment tax return for 2019.

It will apply to those with trading profits of up to £50,000 a year, he adds.

He says 95% of those who are majority self-employed will benefit.

He says he hopes people will be able to access the scheme "no later than June".

Rishi Sunak has announced help for the self-employed. He says those facing financial difficulties will be able to have 80% of their monthly wages covered by the government.

He says this will be calculated using average monthly profits over the last three financial years.

He says support will be capped at £2,500 per month, and will initially last three months.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the support package for self-employed people will cover 80% of average earnings over the past three years.

New powers will allow Scottish police to hand out fines to anyone breaking social distancing rules.

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a financial package aimed at helping self-employed workers at today's UK government briefing on the coronavirus at 17:00.

We'll bring you updates as they happen. You can also watch the press conference on BBC One Scotland and the BBC News Channel, or listen to it on BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime with John Beattie.

The vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr David Chung, has warned that Scotland is in the "calm before the storm" when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic.

He told the Drivetime programme that doctors were "starting to feel the first raindrops just now", and were "bracing" themselves for the "tsunami" of cases they were expecting to treat in the coming weeks.

Dr Chung said estimates that the peak would come about 6 April "would make sense, looking at where we are compared to where Italy was".

He said if we are "hit as hard" as Italy, we are preparing - "it's better to over-prepare and find the storm wasn't as bad than to under prepare.

"Will we have enough beds? Time will tell", he added.

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The national football team boss has issued a message, external on the day when Scotland were scheduled to play Israel in their efforts to make Euro 2020.

"I think most of you, like me, will have woken up this morning, looked at the date and wished the circumstances could have been very different," said Steve Clarke.

He said football had rightly had to "take a step back" and now was the time to follow the advice being given to help tackle coronavirus.

"I urge all of you to heed that advice: stay indoors, protect your family, and protect others. Stay home, save lives. Simple," he added.

The owners of Glasgow Airport have pledged £40,000 to support homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Originally AGS Airports were going to open up terminal 2 to the Simon Community but said this became unworkable due to social distancing.

The funding go to the charity's #GiveHope appeal and will be used for single hotel rooms to allow homeless people to self-isolate if necessary.

It comes in response to a lack of suitable shelter facilities in Glasgow - several of which were forced to close due to health concerns.

Lorraine McGrath, chief executive of Simon Community Scotland said: "It is exactly this type of rapid humanitarian response that will assist us to not just provide comfort, dignity and somewhere safe for people to be, but it will undoubtedly save lives by protecting some of the most physically vulnerable people in Glasgow right now."

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Edinburgh City Council will deliver 2,000 emergency food parcels to vulnerable families across the capital on Friday.

The boxes contain essential food items such as pasta, rice, and milk, as well as recipes and tips on food storage.