Dr Catherine Calderwood issues apology after visiting second home, against official advice
Police visit Scotland's chief medical officer and warn her over future conduct
First minister says the CMO should remain in post because her advice and expertise is "invaluable"
Dr Calderwood will no longer attend media briefings but she will continue to advise government
A total of 220 people have died from Covid-19 in hospitals in Scotland, with 3,706 testing positive
The Queen to make televised address to the nation at 20:00 BST on Sunday
Image source, Getty ImagesNicola Sturgeon will host a live media briefing shortly on the latest coronavirus developments.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood, under fire for ignoring government advice in visiting her second home, is also expected to take part.
You can watch the briefing live on the BBC Scotland Channel or right here via the link above.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Scottish Parliament "has to continue to operate" during the coronavirus pandemic, says Scotland's Constitution Secretary Mike Russell.
Russell said Holyrood needs to keep sitting in order to pass emergency legislation to help tackle the spread of the virus.
MSPs are currently in their Easter recess, with the parliament sitting only one day this week instead of the usual three as part of measures responding to the outbreak.
"The parliament has to continue to operate," Mr Russell told BBC Scotland's Sunday Politics programme. "There is legislation that has to go through.
"We passed a piece of emergency legislation on Wednesday, I'm grateful to all the parties for working hard on it.
"We will then come back the week after Easter and continue with both emergency legislation and other legislation.
"How we do that is being worked on by the parliamentary bureau and the Presiding Officer and I think they will have something to say about that over the coming week. There are a number of options in there."
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Scotland understands that the coronavirus death toll at a Glasgow care home has risen to 14.
Two staff at Burlington Court Care Home in Cranhill, Glasgow have also tested positive and are being treated in hospital.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Community Council of Earlsferry, in Fife, where Dr Catherine Calderwood visited her second home on Saturday, has issued a statement in response to her actions.
"We are very disappointed to hear this news. A lot of residents are upset as we have made efforts to advise people to follow government guidelines on travelling and have a very high proportion of elderly and vulnerable people in our community.
"We also have a high proportion of second home owners in our village. We welcome the contribution they make to our community and some people chose to stay here through this difficult time.
"Since the travel restrictions came into effect we have been clear, as have our MP and MSP, that people should avoid non-essential travel and this includes visits to the East Neuk of Fife. We are grateful to the majority who have helped us protect our community by following the guidelines.
"We have limited resources and facilities to cope and like every community across the country are doing our best to look after the vulnerable in these challenging times. We look forward to welcoming people back once it is safe to do so but in the meantime please follow guidelines and stay at home."
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Nicola Sturgeon will host a live media briefing on the latest coronavirus developments at 14:30 BST today, taking questions from journalists via Zoom.
Dr Catherine Calderwood, under fire for ignoring her own advice as the Chief Medical Officer in visiting a second home, is also expected to take part.
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Image source, Getty ImagesScotland's chief medical officer was appointed to her role in March 2015 and is responsible for "improving the mental and physical wellbeing" of the nation's population.
The Belfast-born obstetrician and gynaecologist qualified from Cambridge and Glasgow Universities.
Dr Calderwood became a medical adviser to the Scottish government in 2010 and has been instrumental in work in reducing stillbirths and neonatal deaths.
Until her appointment as chief medical officer, she was also the national clinical director for maternity and women's health for NHS England.
As a junior doctor she worked in medical specialities in Glasgow Royal infirmary and at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
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In line with Scottish Labour and the Scottish Conservatives, the Scottish Greens also believe Dr Catherine Calderwood's position as Scotland's Chief Medical Officer is no longer credible after visiting her second home, ignoring government advice.
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Image source, PA MediaScotland's Constitution Secretary Mike Russell has urged people not to ignore coronavirus advice over the Easter holiday period and emphasized that police will continue to enforce restrictions over non-essential travel.
"It is Easter weekend coming up and I know it will very hard for people, but they have to stay home, and only go out for essential shopping and exercise," he told Politics Scotland..
"If those rules are observed, we will get to the summer in much better shape than we otherwise might have done.
"This is not arbitrary, it is because people's lives are at stake. Whether it is Easter or a Bank Holiday or any other special day, people have to continue to observe the rules, and they will be enforced.
"The police are doing a remarkable job in enforcing them and they will continue to do so."
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Image source, Getty ImagesScottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw is the latest to comment on Dr Catherine Calderwood's visit to her second home.
"Dr Calderwood's position is very difficult, untenable even, given the damage this has caused public trust," he said.
“The vast majority of Scots are complying with official advice to stay home and protect our NHS.
"There cannot be one rule for the bosses and another one for everyone else."
Image source, Getty ImagesMonica Lennon, Scottish Labour's health spokesperson, says Dr Catherine Calderwood's position as Scotland's chief medical officer is "untenable" after ignoring government advice by visiting her second home this weekend.
“The First Minister and her top team must lead by example during this crisis which continues to take lives on a daily basis," said Ms Lennon.
“The message that people should stay at home to save lives and protect the NHS is the right one.
“The Chief Medical Officer delivers that instruction on behalf of the government but has failed to follow her own advice.
“Her actions have undermined Scotland’s pandemic response and her own credibility. Unfortunately, it means she cannot and should not continue in her role. Her position as CMO has become untenable.”
Dr Calderwood is expected to speak publically at a Scottish Government briefing on the latest coronavirus developments this afternoon.
Constitution Secretary Mike Russell says people must take responsibility for their own actions and the message about staying at home during the coronavirus crisis "doesn't change", despite the fall-out from Scotland's chief medical officer Dr Catherine Calderwood visiting her second home.
“Catherine will speak later and be answerable for this as she has been every single day during this appalling crisis," he told Politics Scotland.
"The reality is the message doesn’t change. The message is strong, and I am saying to everybody, ‘Do not go out except in very exceptional circumstances'.
"Think about these things and remember that by breaking them, you are risking lives.”
Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, who recently stepped into the post of deputy leader for Scottish Labour, told Politics Scotland that Dr Catherine Calderwood had failed to follow government advice in visiting her second home.
"I have enormous respect for her and the job that she does but clearly what she did, by travelling to a second home was ill-judged," said Ms Baillie.
"We cannot say to the public, 'follow the guidance' and fail to do so ourselves. We need to lead by example."
Fair to say that Calum Steele, General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, is not impressed by Dr Catherine Calderwood's actions in visiting her second home.
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Image source, PAScotland's chef medical officer has issued a statement apologising "unreservedly" for "the issue reported in the media".
The Scottish Sun published pictures of Dr Catherine Calderwood - who lives in Edinbugh - visiting her second property in Fife.
She said: “While there are reasons for what I did, they do not justify it and they were not legitimate reasons to be out of my home.
"While I and my family followed the guidance on social distancing at all times, I understand that I did not follow the advice I am giving to others, and I am truly sorry for that.
“I know how important this advice is and I do not want my mistake to distract from that.
"I have a job to do as Chief Medical Officer to provide advice to Ministers on the path of this virus and to support the medical profession as they work night and day to save lives, and having spoken with the First Minister this morning I will continue to focus entirely on that job.”
Image source, ReutersA coronavirus testing centre for NHS staff will open in the long-stay car park at Glasgow airport later today.
The drive-through facility will have up to five lanes and is only for frontline NHS workers at this stage.
Those being asked to provide swab samples will do so by appointment.
Scotland's Constitution Secretary Mike Russell says there is no doubt it was ill-advised for chief medical officer Dr Catherine Calderwood to visit her second home this weekend with her family.
"I think Catherine will say that herself when she appears at the daily briefing later," Mr Russell told the Politics Scotland programme.
“She has been working extraordinarily hard. I represent a constituency where there are lots of people with holiday homes and I have been doing my best to say to them: 'Please don’t come'.
“Perhaps that is a real lesson for all of us. We need to judge our actions at every moment of the day to make sure we are observing the guidelines.
“Catherine is a very wise woman and obviously knows the real detail of this. People have been thrust into the public eye and at times that is a very difficult thing.
“She will speak for herself later and I am sure she will do that immensely well. She will recognise what went wrong and I am absolutely certain, knowing her, that it will never go wrong again.”