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Chris Musson from The Sun highlights the Scottish government's route map which allows for people to visit others inside during phase 2 and 3 - as long a physical distancing measures are in place. Can couples who live apart not expect to get back together until phase 4, he wonders.

Ms Sturgeon explains the route map is the broad approach and points of detail will be set out as we go.

We will take a considered approach on what going into phase 2 means, she insists.

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Tom Eden from PA says Scottish government figures show only 18,000 care home workers have been tested to far, leaving 35,000 still waiting. Is there enough urgency here?.

We want to see progress accelerate, admits the first minister, but she highlights the need to ensure the operation is sustainable to ensure regular testing.

As the prevalence of virus decreases, fewer people with symptoms will be coming forward for testing so there will be changes to the different strands of testing provided, Ms Sturgeon says.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman adds there is some extra resource, including the UK social care portal, to increase the speed at which carer testing can be done, in addition to local health board capacity.

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The first minister says her government has a "laser focus" on the economic impact of the pandemic in Scotland after Global asks about growing concern over potential job losses.

"I'm not going to stand here and try to suggest that this is not a worrying period for everybody," says Nicola Sturgeon, who insists she understands widespread anxiety over health and livelihoods.

"I can't remove that," she adds. "But what I try to do every day of this crisis is to make clear we are doing everything we can to get us through it and that focus will continue for every day that it is required."

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The first minister pledges to do everything she can to make sure nobody feels abandoned during this crisis when Bauer refer to a recent report on disabled people being "pushed to the brink mentally".

"Where we are failing at the moment, we will try to redouble our efforts," says Nicola Sturgeon.

She adds that there is probably not a single person who has not found aspects of lockdown a struggle, while acknowledging that the "impact is greater for those with real challenges".

Nicola Sturgeon says she has no issue with criticism from political opponents when ITV Border point out that the Conservative spokeswoman on rural affairs, Rachael Hamilton, reckons the potential start date for the tourism sector of 15 July is "too little too late".

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"We can't see it as a trade-off between suppressing the virus and getting the economy up and running again," says the first minister when asked by STV about the support available for those currently furloughed and workers under threat of redundancy.

Nicola Sturgeon repeats that she is determined to work out of lockdown in a "methodical way with balanced decisions".

People living alone in England will be able to stay at one other household as part of a further easing of coronavirus restrictions.

This does not apply in Scotland.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that, from Saturday, single adults can spend the night at another house in a "support bubble".

No 10 said the change aims to help combat loneliness and that people are being trusted to observe the rules.

The relaxation does not apply to those who are shielding, or other UK nations.

Read more here.

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BBC Scotland's Glenn Campbell asks if the Scottish government is considering a "support bubble", as is starting in England, and if the 2m distancing rule is here to stay.

"If we are to come out of lockdown at the right pace and in a way that is sustainable, then we stick to our plan with careful and well-founded decisions," says the first minister.

On the 2m rule, she says that "right now" the evidence indicates that it is the best policy, but that doesn't mean the government is not willing to reconsider in future. "It's about relative risk," she stresses.

Ms Sturgeon says more detailed data will be published on Test and Protect in the coming weeks.

She says: "Our preliminary indications are that Test and Protect is already working well."

The first minister says Test and Protect represents a "social bargain", but stresses there is support available.

If everyone agrees to self-isolate if they test positive for coronavirus, all of us will be able to emerge from the lockdown, she says.

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If you have Covid-19 symptoms, book a test immediately via NHS Inform online or phone 0800 028 2816, says the first minister.

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The first minister says as we gradually return to meeting more people if restrictions are eased next week, the Test and Protect system will become even more important.

She says up until 7 June, 681 people who reported symptoms subsequently tested positive for the virus.

Contact tracing had been completed for 481 of those by yesterday.

In total, 741 contacts have been traced, Ms Sturgeon says.

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Ms Sturgeon also announces support for students and says many rely on income from seasonal or part-time jobs.

The economic impact of Covid will have caused students particular difficulties as a result, the first minister adds.

She points out that higher education students can't usually claim benefits over the summer

Ms Sturgeon says additional support for students has already been provided and debt recovery has been suspended by the Students Award Agency.

She announces more than £11m is being brought forward to support students.

This will be administered by universities and colleges to help higher education students who most need it.

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The first minister says the Scottish government's Help-to-Buy scheme is being extended until March 2022.

Ms Sturgeon says the scheme provides up to 15% of the cost of buying a new-build home.

She says 17,000 people have been helped, over three-quarters of them aged 35 or under, to buy new homes.

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Ms Sturgeon confirms the construction industry will be able to move to the next step of its restart plan.

The first minister says health and safety planning and preparatory work will now allow workers to return to construction sites gradually.

She thanks trade unions for their efforts, adding this is a significant step but a long way off a full return to work.

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The first minister warns we may not be able to do everything in phase two, but she hopes that at least some easing will be possible.

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She also says some of the important steps forward may be phased in over the next three-week period.

Ms Sturgeon again calls for a cautious approach and points out the government will be in a better position to lift further restrictions if all of us stick with the current guidelines.

The first minister says progress is being made to halt the pace of Covid-19 infections in Scotland. She says that she is optimistic that current restrictions can be relaxed.