The party's co-leader Patrick Harvie warns of a wave of evictions coming after the pandemic because of rising rent arrears and asks about action to protect tenants from building up debt burdens.

Ms Sturgeon says not supporting the Green amendments to the Coronavirus Bill does not mean the Scottish government is not determined to protect tenants.

We are continuing to monitor the resourcing of Discretionary Housing Payments, she says, before highlighting concerns a rent freeze could have on housing associations.

Richard Leonard says a new Common Weal report has described the tragedy in care homes as "a predictable crisis".

The Scottish Labour leader says it details how services have been left to private providers, while regulation and inspection regimes have been limited.

He says despite warnings, government did nothing and was "in denial" about coronavirus and its impact on the sector.

The first minister replies: "The wellbeing of care home residents has always been a priority and always will be a priority."

She points out the model for social care in Scotland has been in place for a long time and there are questions now about whether its fit for purpose.

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The Scottish Labour leader points out there are no details whether the death in service payments NHS staff are entitled to will be extended to social care staff.

He also says many care workers are on insecure contracts and are low paid, and will only get statutory sick pay if they have to self-isolate. That's only £95.85 a week, he says.

Mr Leonard asks will the Scottish government back Labour's proposals to support Scotland's care workers who suffer financial loss due to Covid-19, to safeguard livelihoods and save lives.

"Yes we will," replies Ms Sturgeon.

The first minister adds: "We are on the side of social care workers."

It is our "absolute intention" to ensure care workers get the same death in service benefits as those in the NHS get, she adds.

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard welcomes the Scottish government's acceptance of the need to regularly test staff in Scotland's care homes.

Mr Leonard says the total number of care homes reporting Covid-19 cases continues to rise.

He reiterates his call for the testing of everyone in Scotland's care homes, saying we could test everyone in less than two weeks if full capacity was used.

Ms Sturgeon explains there is a prioritisation of care homes with an active case and she says testing will be expanded to all staff regardless of whether the home has a case or not. This will be an ongoing process.

The first minister insists capacity is expanding but it is driven by clinical advice.

She points out with frail older people this is an invasive test so there must be sound and considered reasons for testing residents.

Testing can give false reassurance, she adds, saying it is important infection prevention and control is maintained in homes.

Jackson Carlaw says part of the need for holding the Scottish government to account is to prevent further mistakes.

He says it is clear the plan Scotland needs is not yet in place, pointing to tests being delivered below full capacity, crises in care homes and no clarity on whether the public would be notified of a future outbreak.

"That is a failure," he insists.

This government is delivering on all of these things and adapting our response as we learn more about the virus, the first minister insists.

Ms Sturgeon says she will continue to work with public health experts to ensure Scotland responds effectively.

The Scottish Conservative leader it was the wrong call not to make the outbreak public back in February. He asks whether, if an outbreak occurs at a public event again, will the public be told?

Ms Sturgeon says only 10 people from Scotland attended the Nike conference and therefore making the information public would have identified them.

This is not the same case when we are further into a pandemic, she insists.

Mr Carlaw accepts a balance needs to be struck on confidentiality, but insists "this was a mistake". He urges the first minister to give a commitment to transparency around future outbreaks.

Ms Sturgeon says contact tracing did take place after the conference, with 60 people reached in Scotland and 50 in England. She says she has confidence in how it was dealt with

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At least 25 people linked to the Nike conference in February are thought to have contracted the virus.

Details of the outbreak at the conference in the Hilton Carlton Hotel were first revealed in a BBC Scotland Disclosure documentary.

The investigation discovered that one of the 70 Nike employees from across the world who attended the conference on 26 and 27 February already had the virus.

This person infected many of their fellow delegates. Of the 25 confirmed cases linked to the event, eight were residents of Scotland.

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Jackson Carlaw asks if Ms Sturgeon accepts that keeping the Nike conference outbreak "secret" in February was the right course to take.

The first minister says she challenges his terminology and reiterates the decision not to make the outbreak public was due to patient confidentiality reasons.

The first minister says there is more information from Public Health Scotland that includes preliminary analysis of coronavirus impact on Scotland's minority ethnic communities.

Ms Sturgeon says the data is limited, but shows there is not a higher level of Covid cases than would be expected given the size of our black, Asian and ethnic minority population.

She goes on to say: "The trends we are seeing do matter and they provide further grounds for encouragement."

In particular, deaths due to Covid have fallen for the third week adds the first minister and tomorrow she says she will publish the route map to return to some kind of normality.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms 14,751 people now have tested positive for Covid-19, an increase of 96 from yesterday.

1,443 patients are in hospital with a suspected or confirmed case (down four), with 53 patients being treated in intensive care (down six).

A further 50 people who tested positive have died in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 2,184 deaths in Scotland by that measure.

This is lower than the 3,546 deaths confirmed by NRS earlier as that figure includes all cases where Covid-19 is mentioned on a death certificate, even if the patient had not been tested.

Ms Sturgeon highlights other new data indicating there is not a higher level of cases among BAME communities than expected.

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Nicola Sturgeon will face questions from opposition leaders and backbench MSPs shortly. She will start the session with her short daily update on the latest statistics.

A total of 3,546 Scots deaths have been linked to Covid-19, official figures show.

The National Records of Scotland (NRS) figures indicate 332 people died in the week ending 17 May, a decrease of 83 from the previous week. This is the third week in a row the death rate has decreased.

The figures are higher than the daily figure announced by Nicola Sturgeon because they include all cases where Covid-19 is mentioned on a death certificate, even if the patient had not been tested.

More than half (55%) of deaths occurred in care homes, though this is down from 57% last week.

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It's Wednesday so we will shortly get the latest weekly figures published by Records of Scotland (NRS), externalshowing the number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Scotland.

Last week the figures showed the number of people dying with coronavirus in Scotland had fallen for the second week in a row.

These weekly figures give us insight into the true picture on deaths,

The figures are higher than the daily figures because they include all cases where Covid-19 is mentioned on a death certificate, even if the patient had not been tested.

"Substantial improvements" have been made at a care home on Skye where 10 residents have died in a coronavirus outbreak, a court has heard.

The Care Inspectorate had taken legal action to have the owners of Home Farm in Portree removed as the care provider.

But it said improvements had since been made after NHS Highland was brought in to effectively run the home last week. The Care Inspectorate added that not all concerns had been addressed and it would be carrying out weekly inspections.

A final decision on care provision has been deferred until next month.

Read more here.

Mornings with Kaye Adams
BBC Radio Scotland

Parents up and down the country will have had to have some difficult conversations with their children about the coronavirus.

Now there is help with a new book endorsed by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, called 'My Hero Is You' and it's been translated into more languages than Harry Potter!

It is written and illustrated by Helen Patuck, who works with the WHO on psychosocial interventions with CBT in stories.

Ms Patuck explained to Kaye it is about a girl called Sarah who does not feel like a hero despite her mum saying she is, who meets an orange dragon who gives her the chance to travel around the world to meet lots of children coping with the pandemic in different ways.

Holyrood Live
BBC Parliaments

Higher Education Minister Richard Lochhead says the government recognises the hardship being faced by many students.

He points towards £5m provided by the the government to help with this, external, while adding universities already have hardship funds in place.

On the question of providing extra support for students over the summer holidays, he says the size of the challenge is not yet clear. He explains within the first few weeks of the summer holidays there will be a better understanding of the extent of hardship as students are unable to earn through part-time work.