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Mr Carlaw says if the first minister is confident, she should set out a clear timetable and a clear deadline for the first round of care home tests to be completed.

The first minister hits back saying Jackson Carlaw makes unsubstantiated claims about the handling of the pandemic, week in and week out.

Ms Sturgeon says of course it takes time to put things in place to test 50,000 care home staff and insists "this government is getting on with the job of tackling the virus".

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The Scottish Conservative leader says NHS Borders is now telling the Scottish government it doesn't have the capacity to carry out tests within its care homes.

Mr Carlaw says care home owners, for example in Castle Douglas, say none of their staff have been tested unlike those in England.

He says Scottish Borders Council say they only received 480 testing kits to cover all 1,200 staff in their care homes.

How will it be possible to test all these care home staff with only half the test they need, he asks.

The first minister insists care homes will have the resources they need, whether human resources or testing kits.

Ms Sturgeon says the resources are in place it is now a case of ensuring the job is done quickly and sustainably.

Mr Carlaw points out there are over 50,000 care home staff, so 11,000 while welcome is still well short of the promise made three weeks ago.

The Scottish Conservative leader says ministers need to get a grip of the situation now.

He asks: "Will the first minister commit today to setting a hard deadline for delivering those initial tests for both residents and staff in care homes?"

Ms Sturgeon replies: "We will certainly consider doing that. Some of the data being received by health boards still needs to be validated."

She says again this will be routine testing and it is being done in a robust and sustainable way.

The first minister points out the number of new cases and people dying in care homes is reducing, as is the number of outbreaks.

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The first minister confirms the Scottish government will publish care home testing figures today, although they will be very initial data.

Nicola Sturgeon reveals that cumulatively until June 7 more than 11,000 members of staff have been tested and more than 15,000 residents have been tested.

She says she wants to see health boards accelerate the progress, which will be helped by publishing the data health board, by health board.

The first minister points out the testing must be carried out on a sound and sustainable basis regularly, unlike in the rest of the UK.

Jackson Carlaw says the first minister is expected to publish figures on care home testing later this afternoon.

Scottish Conservative leader says today's figures again confirm the majority of lives are being lost in our care homes and adds testing is vital.

He points out many care home workers and residents are still waiting for a test, never mind a routine one, despite the promise being made to test them all three weeks ago.

"I wonder how much longer the first minister thinks they will have to wait to receive it?"

Nicola Sturgeon says the progress seen in the statistics must be sustained, which should allow for further easing of lockdown measures next week.

The first minister also announces the first statistics for Scotland's the test and trace systems.

Between 28 May and 7 June, 681 tested positive. Of these, 481 people have had their contact tracing completed.

A total of 741 people were traced as a result of being a contact of someone who tested positive.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms 15,665 people now have tested positive for Covid-19, an increase of 12 from yesterday.

987 patients are in hospital with a suspected or confirmed case (down 24), with 18 being treated in intensive care (down three).

A further 12 people who tested positive have died in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 2,434 deaths in Scotland by that measure.

This is lower than the 4,000 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.

First minister's questions is about to begin.

Nicola Sturgeon will announce the numbers of people that have already gone through Scotland's new Covid-19 tracking system Test and Protect.

Coronavirus: How will Scotland's testing and tracing system work?

A total of 4,000 deaths in Scotland have been linked to Covid-19, official figures show.

The National Records of Scotland (NRS) data indicate 89 people died in the week ending 7 June, a decrease of 42 from the previous week. Coronavirus-related deaths were 8% of all deaths registered.

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.

47% of deaths occurred in care homes, the first time this has dropped below half in several weeks.

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Nicola Sturgeon will announce the numbers of people that have already gone through Scotland's new Covid-19 tracking system this afternoon.

The first minister will reveal the figures ahead of being questioned by opposition leaders during FMQs. They will also be published by the Scottish government.

The Test and Protect strategy aims to ensure people with symptoms can get tested.

If their result is positive then anyone who has been in contact with them will be traced and told to self isolate.

The first minister says the data will include how many positive cases have been detected and how many have had their contacts traced.

The latest data from the National Records of Scotland showing the number of deaths with Covid-19 will be published at 12pm.

These figures are higher than the daily figures as they include deaths where the virus was only suspected.

Data published last Wednesday by the NRS showed that the number of Covid-19 deaths in care homes overtook those in hospital.

• Scottish care home deaths overtake hospital deaths

Holyrood Live
BBC Parliaments

Parents of disabled children are struggling to home-school their children, Inclusion Scotland says.

Susie Fitton says parents "simply cannot replicate" the ASN support provided in the school environment.

She also highlights many disabled children are unable to follow social distancing and urges the government to acknowledge this. She tells MSPs some parents have avoided public play areas because of this.

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Aimee Harvey told Drivetime yesterday she felt her five-year-old autistic son had been "forgotten about".

She was given a school pack and has had phone calls with the special school her son attends, but for the most part she has not been able to home-school because he is unable to work when not in a school environment.

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The weekly testing of care home staff is still "some distance away", according to a leading care sector organisation.

Scottish care chief executive Donald Macaskill tells the Covid-19 Committee the sector "isn't confident" about moving on to phase two of the government's route map out of lockdown.

However, he suggests care homes should perhaps start to err to "more risky" activities being permitted to allow families to reconnect with loved ones.

He accepts a balance with safety must be struck but highlights the positive benefits on patients and their mental health of allowing family to visit.

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Boris Johnson takes MPs' questions as measures to ease the lockdown are revealed.

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer will go head to head shortly during PMQs.

The proceedings get underway from 12pm and you can follow live updates here.

The prime minister will announce further measures to ease lockdown in England at the UK government's daily briefing from 5pm.

However he can expect to face tough questions on the dropping of plans to re-open primary schools next month.

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People will be thinking "keep it small, keep it local and keep it away from cities" when thinking of their next holidays, travel writer Robin McKelvie suggests.

Mr McKelvie is due to be flying to Ljubljana to write a book about Slovenia this summer.

"That's not going to happen," he tells BBC Radio Scotland. "Going overseas looks deeply unlikely. Instead, I'm hoping to take a Scottish trip on a small cruise ship. It is four passengers and a husband and wife crew."

Mr McKelvie thinks people's holiday plans will be determined by what they are allowed to do and what is responsible to do, pointing to limits being placed on where people can fly and the quarantine restrictions for those arriving in the UK.

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The owners of a care home on Skye where 10 residents have died in a Covid-19 outbreak have been given another two weeks by a sheriff to show that further improvements are made at the complex.

HC-One faced being stripped of its licence to run Home Farm in Portree after the Care Inspectorate said it had serious concerns about its management.

A virtual court hearing at Portree Sheriff Court has heard that the regulator, which inspected the premises again on Tuesday night, remains worried that the improvements made to date are largely due to the intervention of NHS Highland, a claim challenged by the operator.

A new hearing has been set for 2, external4 June when HC-One must show that a robust care system is in place before the departure of local health authority staff.