NHS worker dies from virus and vaccine 'hope'published at 10:27 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
Scotland's front pages focus on the death of a health worker from Covid-19 and continuing efforts to find a vaccine.
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56 more deaths from Covid-19 in Scottish hospitals, bringing total - by that measure - to 893
Care home where 16 residents have died confirms four more suspected Covid-19 deaths
National clinical director says not sufficient evidence to advise wearing masks in public
Nursing body repeats call for adequate PPE amid reports of single-use items being re-used
NHS worker dies from virus and vaccine 'hope'published at 10:27 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
To mask or not to mask?published at 10:24 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
BBC Breakfast
Image source, Perth Picture AgencyThe question of whether to wear face masks in public raised its head again yesterday when the Scottish Police Federation claimed new personal protective equipment for officers will not provide any "meaningful protection".
Meanwhile, national clinical director Jason Leitch insists there is not currently sufficient evidence to persuade the Scottish government to recommend the wearing of masks to the general public.
"The advice at the moment is that face masks in the general population are not helpful to us - only the tiny number of people who are out with symptoms, but they shouldn't be out with symptoms, they should be at home," Prof Leitch told BBC Breakfast.
"It is not as simple as saying 'why not do it if it might help?' You have to consider elements like 'will there be a stigma to those who don't do it?' There are also suggestions that putting on masks would make you touch your face more."
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Some people are already choosing to wear masks in public
'We must try and make sure it's a better future for everyone'published at 10:06 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
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End of twitter post'Not the right time to test the worried well'published at 09:55 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
Image source, Getty ImagesScotland has "adequate testing for those who need it" says Allan Wilson, president of the Institute of Biomedical Science.
"We have the equipment and staff we need but we don't have a secure supply chain," he tells BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme. "Countries across the world are competing for these scarce resources (chemical reagents & plastics for the machines involved).
"The current test only really works on symptomatic people. We should not be testing the worried well. The issue we face is that we don't know what any exit strategy looks like.
"When politicians pluck figures out of the air and give us targets, it puts enormous pressure on the system."
RCN Scotland concerned about reported re-use of PPEpublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
Image source, Getty ImagesA nursing body has repeated its call for health workers to be given adequate protective equipment amid reports of single-use items being re-used.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland said more needs to be done on PPE (personal protective equipment).
Almost half of nurses responding to a survey said they had been asked to re-use PPE designed for single use.
The first minister has said a dedicated email address is available for health workers to raise their concerns.
Good morningpublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
Image source, Getty ImagesWelcome to today's live coverage of all the latest developments on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Scotland.
This weekend marks the end of a fourth week since lockdown measures were introduced.