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Thanks for joining us on Scotland's coronavirus live page today. Here's a round-up of the main developments:

• A testing and tracing system to suppress coronavirus could be in place by the end of May, according to the Scottish government.
• Ministers have published a new paper, external outlining the strategy, which includes the development of an app and jobs for thousands of contact tracing staff.
• Two residents have died at a Skye care home at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak.
• An Inverclyde councillor has called for urgent funding to tackle the high number of deaths in the "coronavirus capital" of Scotland.

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Up to 450 prisoners are to be released early to prevent the spread of coronavirus after the Scottish government approved the move.

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the legislation was designed to free up more cells for single-use occupancy to help limit the number of cases.

Only those who have been sentenced to 18 months or less and have 90 days or less left to serve will be eligible.

Restrictions will also be in place to exclude certain groups of prisoners.

Read more here.

Graeme Ogston
Tayside and Central Reporter

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A Perth secondary school has marked "Star Wars Day" with a special assembly from the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.

Bertha Park High School produced the video, external for pupils currently at home due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Head teacher Stuart Clyde said he made the video with "bits and bobs I had lying about the house."

May the 4th (Be With You) is a play on the 1977 film's famous "May the Force Be With You" line.

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Prof Lillian Edwards of Newcastle University described plans for a contact tracing app as a “very large experiment”.

She told BBC Radio Scotland’s Drivetime a lot will depend on the uptake from the public, which she said would need to be in the region of 80% of smartphone users.

Prof Edwards added that in Europe campaigners have lobbied for data on apps to be decentralised - stored on the device as opposed to centrally - amid concerns over data privacy.

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Local councillor for the Isle of Skye, John Finlayson, says the outbreak of Covid-19 at Home Farm care home is of "massive concern" in light of care home closures across the island.

He said that care homes on Skye have been shutting down over a number of years, leaving just three in operation in Portree and Broadford.

Mr Finlayson says "The three care homes that we have on the island are very well resourced, we believe, and are seen by the public to offer good care.

"It's concerning that at this stage that there are people suggesting there were shortcomings at Home Farm.

"Obviously this has been a huge wake up call for everyone on the island. Communities have been following social distancing and lockdown guidelines."

• FM hopes to have a test, trace, isolate system to suppress coronavirus in place by the end of May
• Scottish government strategy Test, Trace, Isolate, Support , externalis published
• 2,000 contact tracing staff are to be taken on and new digital tools including an app are being developed
• 15,500 tests per day will be needed to pursue the strategy
• How will this strategy work? Click here to find out

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• the TTI strategy will only work alongside other virus suppression measures and will require public support and confidence in the app
• people will have to be prepared to self-isolate for 14 days if it confirms they have been in contact with someone with Covid-19

• FM says it was "very likely that on Thursday I'll be asking you to stick with lockdown for a bit longer"
• A further five deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19 takes the total to 1,576 - although wider figures covering suspected cases have suggested the death toll is far higher

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BBC Scotland

The body which represents the independent care sector in Scotland has accused private suppliers of PPE of "outrageous price hikes".

Scottish Care's national director Karen Hedge said they had heard of face masks which would normally cost 2p or 3p instead costing £1.

She said it was becoming increasingly difficult to get PPE through their usual supply routes as the NHS has been prioritised.

"Now is really the time for collaboration and working together," she added.

"What we’ve done is work with the Scottish government and NHS National Service Scotland to access their supplies of PPE."

You can see a full report on this on Reporting Scotland on BBC One Scotland at 18:30.

A spokesperson for Home Farm independent care home on Skye said: “Following our most recent Care Inspectorate visit we took the appropriate action to make sure we had the highest standards of infection control across the home.

"All colleagues, including in housekeeping, completing additional training to make sure they were up to date with the latest guidance. In response to the coronavirus outbreak in the UK, which we have been planning for since February, all colleagues completed additional, specific coronavirus training and infection control training.

“We are confident the issues raised in the previous Care Inspectorate report were swiftly resolved, and that we have since had the number of housekeeping colleagues required to maintain high standards of cleanliness.”

A resident has died at the care home on the isle of Skye where 56 people have tested positive for coronavirus.

The outbreak was first detected at Home Farm independent care home in Portree last week.

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Sir Harry tells Drivetime he believes that while it was right to protect the NHS, the rest of Scotland's healthcare system - including care homes - was "neglected".

He said: "The point to realise is if you're in care home you probably going to have a series of significant health problems and we know this virus is particularly lethal the more problems you've got.

"It's fertile grounds for the virus to infect. Protecting the NHS was important but we neglected the rest of the system. People were going into care homes without being tested and it all comes down to the fact that our testing was too late and too little."

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The funeral cortege of a Lanarkshire healthcare support worker who died from coronvirus was applauded as it passed the hospital where she used to work earlier.

Kirsty Jones, 41, spent much of her career with older patients at University Hospital Wishaw, but had taken up a new role helping on the frontline, at an assessment centre in Airdrie.

Former colleagues and emergency service workers lined the road through the hospital grounds to pay tribute.

Anne Leitch, chief of nursing services, said: “This was a very fitting tribute to a much loved colleague and friend.

"It gave staff the chance to pay their last respects and showed the family how highly regarded Kirsty was.”

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Sir Harry Burns, a former chief medical officer for Scotland, tells Drivetime the country's infection figures and death rates would be better had we "gone into isolation and started testing sooner".

He says: "The technology associated with testing has taken a long time to get together.

"It has taken a long time for numbers to get up to reasonable levels. I think the first minister is absolutely right that 'test, trace, isolate' is the way to transition out of total lockdown into something resembling a more normal way of life."

Meanwhile Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the UK is now in a position to carry out a "test, track and trace" programme to identify and track those with symptoms, adding that a trial of the scheme will start on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday.

An NHS app used in the scheme is already being trialled on the island. Hancock says all residents will be asked to download it.

He says the programme will allow the government to take a "more targeted" approach to the lockdown while containing the virus.

The number of people who have died with confirmed coronavirus across all settings in the UK has risen by 288 to 28,734, Hancock says. He says that the reported figure could be lower than the actual number because of delays in reporting weekend deaths.

The health secretary says that 85,186 coronavirus tests were provided in some form on Sunday, below the government's 100,000 tests-a-day target.

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The Scottish government has set out its plans for a "test, trace, isolate, support" system to keep coronavirus in check. How is this going to work - and will its introduction signal the end of lockdown?

Read BBC Scotland's explainer here.

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Mr Duffy tells John Beattie on Drivetime that a problem with using agency staff at Home Farm in Skye has contributed to the spread of coronavirus.

The senior union official says: "It has become a regular occurrence that they're using agency staff - because the pay is so low they cannot keep the staff and they have a constant turnover which creates the problems that you've touched on.

"Then when the Covid crisis hit this agency staff problem just got worse and I think that's what has had an affect on what was announced over the weekend."

Mr Duffy says both the Scottish government and private care providers were at fault for lack of preparation in care home infection control.

"The disease has been austerity for years, they just cannot cope. We've been playing catch up in these homes with PPE and testing and more needs to be done."

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BBC Radio Scotland

A resident has died at Home Farm independent care home on the isle of Skye where 56 people have tested positive for coronavirus.

Prof Leitch tells John Beattie he has not seen the Care Inspectorate report into Home Farm in Skye.

Scotland's clinical director says the directors of public health have been asked to take a much more hands on role with private care homes, as implementing the coronvirus guidance has been a challenge.

A senior union official told Drivetime the outbreak of Covid-19 at Home Farm care home is an example of a "crisis within a crisis in social care".

Drew Duffy, senior organiser for public services at the GMB union, says: "Our thoughts are with everyone affected, people are going through a traumatic situation which unfortunately will only get worse before it gets better."

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Professor Jason Leitch, explains the Scottish government's Test, Trace, Isolate, Support strategy, external on Radio Scotland's Drivetime .

The Scottish government's national clinical director says it will use a proximity app being developed across the UK which is about to be tested in the Isle of Wight.

He says the key is if you get a positive test, you may well be contacted by a contact tracer who asks you who you have been with for 15 minutes or more in the last 48 hours.

This is done in parallel to the test, which if positive means you and your contacts will have to self-isolate.

The app adds in the layer, via Bluetooth, of people you don't know, for example who you sat next to on the bus, he explains.

Prof Leitch says the app is a "really interesting development" but will "require a high level of population engagement" to work.

It's got to be done in a really safe way both digitally and in terms of our data, he explains, saying work is being done quickly on achieving that.