It follows criticism to restrict grants to one per business in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown.

People on the front line of the pandemic, experiencing face-to-face contact with patients who have the coronavirus, are putting themselves at risk every day.

Some of them have made the difficult decision to stay away from their families to avoid passing on that risk.

Ambulance technician Jamie Kennedy from Glasgow is one of them.

He told the BBC: "I am staying in a hotel which offered free rooms to NHS staff at the start of lockdown. The hotel is almost full of NHS staff."

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The availability of PPE continues to be a major problem. but the director of the Royal College of Nursing Scotland says staffing is now a major issue within care homes.

Theresa Fyffe says there is a huge amount of turmoil for nurses working in that setting.

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BP has confirmed that an oil worker who was tested for coronavirus before flying offshore had to be flown back after the results came back positive.

The worker flew to the Etap platform last week after undergoing a test in Aberdeen. BP says they were flown ashore on Saturday.

A total of 12 people who travelled with the worker are now self-isolating on the installation.

BP says the test was carried out under a temporary "test and fly" arrangement but it has now changed its procedures so workers' coronavirus test results are known before they fly offshore.

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Stuart Mackinnon from the Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland says some money is getting to companies but more needs to be done quickly.

He has seen some cash getting through but some of the UK schemes are yet to get up and running.

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Scotland's Health Secretary says she expects to speak to her UK counterpart later after she sought further reassurance that all personal protective equipment suppliers were able to provide for care homes in Scotland.

It comes after the chief executive of Scottish Care, which represents private care homes, said suppliers were being asked to prioritise facilities in England.

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said this was not the case.

However, Jeane Freeman said she was aware that at least one company south of the border was still claiming it had been told to only supply England.

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On the announcement by Donald Trump that he will halt the US donation to the World Health Organisation, Scotland's health secretary said she was baffled by the US president's actions.

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In England a leaked document suggests protective gowns and masks could be re-used.

Jeane Freeman says PPE must be safe for health professionals to use.

If Scottish health experts feel that is possible they will have to bring that forward and discuss it with nursing and doctors bodies the RCN and BMA to ensure there was clinical support for such a move.

She says "nothing like that is on my desk at the moment".

But she insists the critical element is that the equipment is safe and of quality to meet the needs of staff and patients being treated.

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Scotland's Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says she is confident her Westminster counterpart, Matt Hancock, will clarify the UK government's position over Scotland's access to personal protection equipment for those working on the frontline against coronavirus.

She told Good Morning Scotland that she was "sure Mr Hancock will reply to me today to resolve this".

Ms Freeman also said that she would be asking the national procurement service to provide more supplies to the care sector in Scotland without affecting supplies to other areas.

She says she is continuing to work with council body Cosla and the care home sector to see what more they can do.

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Scotland's Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says she has written to her UK counterpart Matt Hancock again over the care home PPE row.

A furore over PPE for care homes blew up yesterday after it was suggested that supplies were being prioritised for staff in England at the expense of those elsewhere in the UK.

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• President Trump has suspended American funding for the World Health Organisation, accusing it of mismanaging the pandemic.
• Labour is urging ministers to spell out how and when they intend to end the lockdown.
• And, the Scottish Grocers Federation is calling for local shop workers to be treated in the same way as those working in the emergency services during the outbreak.

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The coronavirus pandemic has thrown Marion Shaw on to the frontline.

As a home care worker in Glasgow, she knows it is a struggle to reassure and comfort her clients, many of who have complex mental and physical health needs. They are anxious about whether there is the right protective gear available.

Marion has recorded an audio diary of her experience for BBC Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland.

She describes how her family are supportive and realise her job is vocational but are also worried for her health and well-being and these concerns have left her with sleepless nights.

Nonetheless there are positive moments. On a recent care visit she was greeted by people showing their appreciation by banging pots, cheering and giving her loud applause.

“It’s really nice to be recognised,” she says. “And that’s lovely.”

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The initial idea was to use judges alone but that was abandoned after significant opposition.

Andrew Tickell, lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian University says nine possible alternatives will be discussed today.

These include using a smaller number of jurors, holding criminal cases in other places where social distancing is easier, reconfiguring the courtroom, or using remote video juries.

Read more here.

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A temporary mortuary able to accommodate up to 1,700 bodies is being created in Glasgow.

A warehouse at Hillington Industrial Estate is currently being turned into a temporary morgue to help deal with rising death tolls during the coronavirus pandemic.

Glasgow City Council said it planned to have the facility open by Monday, if required.

It comes after temporary provisions were also put in elsewhere in Scotland, including at Edinburgh's Mortonhall crematorium, Macmerry Industrial Estate in East Lothian, the Inveralmond Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Perth, while a military hangar at Kinloss Barracks, Moray, is also on standby for use.

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The social distancing rules and stay at home messages which aim to stop the spread of coronavirus have changed the way people are living their lives.

Those who ignore the regulations have faced condemnation or even police action, but even those who have been abiding by the rules can find themselves experiencing social distancing shaming.

George, 68, from Edinburgh, told how he had stopped to speak to a friend - making sure they kept a "large" distance between them - after they happened to meet during his daily walk in The Meadows in Edinburgh.

Read more about incidents of shaming.

June Almeida was a pioneer of virus imaging who was largely forgotten until the current outbreak.

The US president spoke after halting US funding to the WHO and as global cases topped two million.

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Dr David Chung wants to reassure people that the NHS will offer the right end-of-life care.

But the vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scotland thinks that the coronavirus pandemic has revealed a lot of misconceptions and anxiety about dying that we need to look at as a society.

In an audio diary recorded for BBC Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland he says NHS in the UK has always been “careful and considered” about offering things like life support machines and ventilators because doctors know such treatment doesn’t always work.

“Having a good death is a very important thing,” he says. “It’s absolutely crucial you look after the whole family because whole family at that point are your patient.”

Dr Chung wants to reassure people that doctors will not “betray you” and there is no conspiracy to ration care.

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