Scotland's chief medical officer said the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow is being looked at as the location of a new hospital facility to help deal with the coronavirus.

Dr Catherine Calderwood said this was not a "field hospital" as this referred to a mobile armed forces unit such as those used in war zones.

However, she said army personnel were helping with logistics, adding that it was still at the early stages of planning and there were still options to consider.

Jeane Freeman said NHS Scotland had the equivalent of eight weeks worth of stocks of personal protective equipment.

She said the type of equipment sent out was in line with clinical guidelines.

The health secretary added that there were now four direct distribution routes: to hospitals, pharmacy, primary care, and to social care.

She said the protection of health and care staff was a particular priority.

The first minister said she was heartened by the rainbow pictures put in many windows across Scotland.

She said the Scottish government's own building would be lit up in rainbow colours on Sunday evening.

The Scottish Parliament will sit for one day this week to consider new emergency powers to deal with the coronvirus.

The first minister said the sitting on Wednesday would include legislation to make sure no-one can be evicted from their home because of the crisis.

The new laws will increase the minimum notice period a landlord can give to six months. It will apply to both private and social housing sectors.

The Scottish government is to launch a new campaign called "Scotland Cares" to recruit volunteers to help with the coronavirus crisis.

Volunteers can register using the ReadyScotland.org website where they will be given options such as being a returning health or care worker.

There will also be options to become a community reserve volunteer - co-ordinated by the Red Cross - join one of the existing schemes, or help with friends or neighbours.

Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, said: "This will help people help each other."

Nicola Sturgeon said more than 34 million items of protective gear had been delivered to hospitals across Scotland in the past few weeks.

The first minister said all Scotland's health boards now had a single point of contact to manage personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, gloves and gowns.

And she added that eight weeks worth of PPE would be delivered up front in the coming week to all GP surgeries, starting on Monday and finishing by the end of the week.

Ms Sturgeon said there would be additional delivery staff to help the social care sector with PPE, adding that she was committed to the safety and wellbeing" of health and care workers.

The first minister has told the Scottish government's briefing that 41 patients have now died from coronavirus.

She confirmed figures released in the past half hour that there were an additional 139 cases confirmed in Scotland - although the true figure is likely to be in the tens of thousdans.

There are now 95 people in intensive care receiving treatment. The further death was an increase of one on the previous day's total of 40.

A further coronavirus patient has died in Scotland, bringing the total number of deaths to 41.

Latest Scottish government figures showed 139 more confirmed cases - so there are now a total of 1,384 cases. The number of deaths was 40 yesterday.

However, the real number of cases is believed to tens of thousands because only those serious enough to be admitted to hospital are currently being tested.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will hold a briefing on the coronavirus situation in Scotland at 14:30.

You can follow the developments live here on the BBC news website and on the BBC Scotland channel.

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In the space of a month, the United Kingdom has transformed beyond recognition.

At the end of February, children were still in classrooms and adults were still at work. People shook hands and hugged and kissed. In the evening, they went to pubs and restaurants.

Some went on dates and others visited elderly relatives. They assembled in groups and mingled with residents of other households.

But this way of life has ceased to exist entirely within just a few weeks. Read more from Jon Kelly.

However, some people are still on the move.

Police are stopping people from parking at an East Dunbartonshire reservoir popular with dog walkers and runners, citing new social distancing powers to target coronavirus.

Officers turned away drivers from Drumclog Moor Car Park, near Milngavie.

Police said they encouraged exercise but not driving to beauty spots to do so.

They said the majority of people had been co-operative.

It comes after reports that the car park was filled with about 20 cars on Saturday with vehicles also parked along the road.

The new powers which are in force mean anyone caught flouting the law could face a fine of £60 or even prosecution.

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Looks like people are heeding the travel warnings.

Mairi Fraser took this picture of a deserted M90 this morning.

It was taken at junction 10, just south of Perth, at midday.

The Scottish government says a £100,000 fund will help victims of crime who struggle financially during the coronavirus pandemic.

The cash will be used to help meet the immediate needs of victims, paying for vital goods and services.

Individuals will be able to access up to £3,000.

Victim Support Scotland will administer the fund, which has been increased from 30 thousand pounds.

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The chief medical officer for Scotland has said she is "optimistic" the high projected death toll of the virus can be avoided.

Dr Catherine Calderwood said if people complied with the restrictions put in place then scenarios published - which suggest up to 260,000 excess deaths in the UK - would not come to pass.

She said: "We would hope we are looking at a more optimistic level given the range of measures we have put in which are quite extreme and also given the level of compliance.

"We are very hopeful that that huge figure of 260,000 excess deaths is not going to be the reality."

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Nicola Sturgeon would be tested for coronavirus but only if she had symptoms, Scotland's chief medical officer has said.

Dr Catherine Calderwood said certain "significant" people would be given a test for the virus under a protocol agreed by the chief medical officers of the four nations of the UK.

She said: "There are small group of significant senior people in the UK who would have a test however only if they have symptoms - so the first minister in Scotland would not be tested if she didn’t have symptoms."

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Dr Catherine Calderwood said the virus was likely to peak in two to three weeks.

Scotland's chief medial officer said "We have a peak, I think probably, at the same time across the UK but maybe of different size. London has been hit very hard, we’ve seen those numbers increase over the last number of weeks."

She said the rest of UK outside London might have lower peaks because there were currently fewer cases there.

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The chief medical officer for Scotland confirmed that the NHS was looking at "alternative" sites to add capacity similar to the Nightingale "field hospital" being built in London.

Dr Catherine Calderwood said: "We’ve obviously cancelled our elective work that gives us more beds but we are looking at alternative facilities, like other parts of the country.

"We have doubled our ventilator capacity already and we have plans then to quadruple our existing capacity. Depending on how well these suppression measures work, we think we are coming close to having enough ventilators for the peak of the virus outbreak."

She said orders for ventilators were coming from countries across the world, saying that where they would be distributed across the four countries depended on "clinical need".

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Scotland's chief medical officer says there is a lab now ready to ramp up testing for Scottish NHS workers.

Dr Catherine Calderwood told BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House that some testing for coronavirus for Scottish health workers was being carried out in a UK lab in Milton Keynes.

But she added: "We have a lab set up and ready to go in Glasgow and that will get going this week too."

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The SNP is urging the UK government to "hit pause" on Brexit negotiations and seek to extend the transition period.

It has urged the UK government to focus on the coronavirus pandemic.

The party's Brexit spokeswoman, MP Philippa Whitford, said it would be irresponsible to continue "hurtling" towards the transition deadline.

The UK government said its priority was to "slow the spread" of the coronavirus, but it remained "fully committed" to the Brexit negotiations.

Read more here.