Summary

  • A further five people who tested positive have died, taking the total to 2,447 deaths in Scotland by that measure

  • Patients in hospital with suspected cases of Covid-19 up 77 to 401, confirmed cases down eight to 582

  • Coronavirus social-contact curbs 'put adolescents at risk'

  • BAME doctors feel 'let down' over risk checks

  • Scotland's first minister says unemployment figures due out next week are likely to show a "significant impact" on the numbers of people in work

  1. Goodbye for nowpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    St Giles' Cathedral on the Royal Mile, EdinburghImage source, SNS
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    St Giles' Cathedral on Edinburgh's Royal Mile is all but deserted on a wet Saturday

    That's all from our live coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland for today.

    We'll be back with more live coverage in the morning. Stay safe and have a good evening.

  2. Saturday's headlinespublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    • A further five people who tested positive have died, taking the total to 2,447 deaths in Scotland by that measure
    • Patients in hospital with suspected cases of Covid-19 up 77 to 401, confirmed cases down eight to 582
    • Scottish Retail Consortium calls for the Scottish government to announce a provisional reopening date for shops
    • Working group to be set up with aim of protecting jobs at the Rolls-Royce plant in Inchinan
    • Coronavirus social-contact curbs 'put adolescents at risk'
    • BAME doctors feel 'let down' over risk checks
    • The Queen's official birthday is marked with a socially distant ceremony at Windsor Castle
    • Partick Thistle urge fellow SPFL clubs to do "the right thing" and back league reconstruction
  3. Professor 'more hopeful' on 1 August Premiership restartpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Media caption,

    Watch: Ross County start socially-distanced training

    Scotland's national clinical director is "more hopeful" but "still cautious" about the prospect of a 1 August return for the Scottish Premiership.

    Clubs are allowed to train with restrictions in place as they work towards starting the new season.

    Prof Jason Leitch believes a drop in the number of cases and the rate of infection make the scheduled start more likely.

    "I am more hopeful this Saturday than I was last Saturday, but I'm still cautious," he told BBC Radio Scotland. "Gradually, things seem to be going in the right direction.

    "Things are beginning to fall into place that would allow us to put another layer of pencil over that date, but it's still early days."

  4. Call for BAME people to be more fairly represented in researchpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Researchers must ensure people of black, asian and minority ethnic groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, scientists from the UK and United States say.

    It comes as the British Medical Association has asked the UK government why pages with recommendations to safeguard BAME communities were "omitted" from a key report.

    A paper published in The Lancet by researchers from several universities - including Aberdeen - says previous studies show people in these groups are under-represented in many medical studies.

    That is despite them often being more likely to be affected by the conditions being researched.

  5. Retailers call for reopening date for Scots shopspublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Jamie McIvor
    BBC Scotland

    For sale signs at shops in the West End of GlasgowImage source, SNS

    A date must be set for shops to reopen, the Scottish Retail Consortium warns.

    The trade association is calling for the Scottish government to announce a provisional reopening date.

    The Scottish government said its total package for businesses during the "unprecedented economic crisis" was now in excess of £2.3bn.

    Only essential shops, such as those selling essentials including food and medicine, can open in Scotland at present.

    Read more here.

  6. UK death toll rises by 181published at 17:27 British Summer Time 13 June 2020
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    A further 181 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, latest daily figures show., external

    The figures are correct as of 09:00 BST and are an update on the number we gave you earlier (15:31 entry).

    It brings the total number to have died in all settings - including hospitals, care homes and the community - to 41,662, the Department of Health and Social Care said.

  7. UK government urged to help Scottish universitiespublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    University of StrathclydeImage source, SNS

    Urgent financial support from the UK government is needed within days to prevent long-term damage to university research, according to Scotland's Higher Education Minister, Richard Lochhead.

    He points out that the Scottish Funding Council’s recent analysis suggests the country’s universities will lose around £72m in academic year 2019-20 alone as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, with an operating deficit of between £384m and £651m in academic year 2020-21 expected.

    Those reductions do not take account of the potential loss of EU funding following Brexit.

    Mr Lochhead has been part of a UK taskforce with UK Science Minister Amanda Solloway and has written to her asking for a comprehensive package of funding for research to counter those twin threats.

    “Scotland has already put together an emergency Covid-19 support package worth an additional £75m for our university research sector, but this direct Scottish government commitment - which has already been allocated - must be urgently complemented by a substantial UK element," he writes.

  8. Cycling can be 'light at end of tunnel'published at 17:13 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Cyclist riding on a trackImage source, SNS

    Increased participation in cycling during the Covid-19 pandemic can act as "a big light at the end of the tunnel", says Scottish Cycling chief executive Craig Burn.

    Competitive events have been suspended until 1 August because of the coronavirus pandemic.

    But Burn says there has been "an absolute boom in bike sales" during lockdown.

    "We have seen since Covid a huge number of people cycling for exercise," he told McLeod Media.

    "Cycling is something I hope can help Scotland recover from an economy, health and well-being, active travel, inspiration and tourism perspective."

    Read more here.

  9. Finance Secretary looks for cooperation on fiscal flexibilitiespublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

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  10. The mental health crisis looming in ICUpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Fergus Walsh
    Medical correspondent

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    Coronavirus: Inside an ICU fighting Covid-19

    Since the beginning of the pandemic the sight of medics in masks, gowns and visors has become common on our television.

    While at the peak of the crisis there were 3,000 people on ventilators, there are still 500 patients fighting for their lives in ICUs up and down the country.

    This means intensive care staff are still donning their protective equipment every day when they go to work to wrestle with the virus.

    Many are not even returning to the comfort of their families after their shift ends for fear of infecting them too.

    That takes a toll.

  11. Follow the five rules for safer travelpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

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  12. Prince Charles praises 90-year-old as she nears 'mountain' goalpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

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    The Prince of Wales has written a letter of support to 90-year-old Margaret Payne, who is raising money for the NHS, Highlands Hospice and RNLI by climbing the height of a Scottish mountain on her staircase.

    Suilven, in the west of Sutherland in the Highlands, has an elevation of 731 metres.

    Mrs Payne has raised more than £390,000 in the last two months.

    With only 30 flights to go before she completes her goal, Prince Charles, the Duke of Rothesay, has sent a letter of support congratulating Mrs Payne.

    "My wife and I just wanted to add to what I suspect is a very large number of messages of support by saying how inspiring it has been to witness the huge success of your fundraising efforts," he says.

  13. 'Park it and start again next year' - Judy Murray on return for tennispublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Andy Murray at the US Open in 2018Image source, PA Media
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    Andy Murray was winner at Flushing Meadows in 2012

    Competitive tennis should not return until next year, says Judy Murray.

    A decision is expected on Monday regarding whether, and when, the US Open, scheduled to start in August, can be played.

    Coach Murray, mother of Grand Slam title winners Jamie and Andy, thinks the event should be cancelled and play should resume in 2021.

    "We should just park it and start again at the beginning of next year, almost like a clean sheet," Murray said.

    "That would be fairer to everybody. It feels to me that, until there's a vaccine, I don't think you're going to get a full complement of players anywhere."

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  14. Shetlanders hold socially distant Black Lives Matter walkspublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    John Johnston
    BBC Scotland

    Walkers in Scalloway, Shetland
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    Walkers were out today in Scalloway, Shetland

    Socially distant walks have been held across Shetland this afternoon in support of the international Black Lives Matter Movement.

    From Unst to Fair Isle, hundreds of people came together to take part in a series of anti-racist walks near their home following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

    Under the banner Shetland wir Black Lives Matter, people from more than 50 communities picked up posters from collection points during their walk.

    Organiser Joy Duncan tells BBC Scotland: "I hope what’s happened in Shetland today can be a catalyst for change in other rural communities across the UK. Stand up and be heard and let’s make a change.”

  15. Further 80 deaths across UK nationspublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    A further 80 people have died from Covid-19, official figures show.

    In addition to the five to die in Scotland after testing positive, which was announced earlier, NHS England has revealed that 67 new deaths had been registered in hospitals as of 17:00 BST yesterday, taking the total in England to 27,926.

    There were six deaths announced in Wales, bringing the total to 1,441, while Scotland's total is now 2,447.

    The daily figures for Northern Ireland showed a further two deaths - taking the total there to 541.

    The UK's Department of Health will later publish its overall figure, which usually differs from the nations' total because of variations in how the data is collected.

  16. Call for answers over 'omitted' BAME pages of Covid reportpublished at 15:15

    MuralImage source, Getty Images

    The UK government is facing growing pressure to publish recommendations to protect black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people from Covid-19.

    The British Medical Association is asking why pages with recommendations to safeguard BAME communities were "omitted" from a key report.

    In a letter to the health secretary, the head of the doctors' union called for them to be published immediately.

    A recent review , externalconfirmed the risk of death is higher for ethnic minorities.

    Read more here.

  17. Social-contact curbs 'put adolescents at risk'published at 15:00 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Philippa Roxby
    Health reporter, BBC News

    Teenager at homeImage source, Getty Images

    Reduced face-to-face contact among teenagers and their friends during the pandemic could have damaging long-term consequences, neuroscientists say.

    At a sensitive time in life, their brain development, behaviour and mental health could suffer, they write in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, external.

    Using social media might make up for some negative effects of social distancing.

    But the scientists call for schools to reopen for young people as a priority when safe.

    Read more here.

  18. The new mum forced back to work by the lockdownpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Angie Brown
    Edinburgh and East reporter

    Kalina Stelmach with her new baby, ZofiaImage source, Kalina Stelmach

    Cake maker Kalina Stelmach worked "day and night" so she could take as much time off as possible after the birth of her first child.

    But she had to go back to work months earlier than planned when her partner's business was shut because of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

    The 35-year-old from Edinburgh intended to have at least six months off after baby Zofia was born on 23 January.

    However, her boyfriend, Lukas Rachowski, ran a restaurant in a bar in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh - and it was forced to close in March as a result of the lockdown restrictions.

    Read more here.

  19. Partick Thistle urge clubs to 'do right thing'published at 14:28 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Partick Thistle were bottom of the Championship when the season was called due to the coronavirus crisisImage source, SNS
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    Partick Thistle were bottom of the Championship when the season was called due to the coronavirus crisis

    Partick Thistle have urged fellow SPFL clubs to do "the right thing" and back league reconstruction.

    Scotland's 42 senior sides have until 10:00 BST on Monday to indicate whether they support a change to a permanent 14-10-10-10 format next season.

    Thistle were relegated from the second tier, with Hearts and Stranraer also demoted from their respective divisions, when last season was ended.

    "Our plea is simple: choose to do no harm," chairman Jacqui Low said., external

    "Use this opportunity to do something positive for our game - right the wrongs done to us and a number of other clubs."

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  20. 5,778 tests completed yesterdaypublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 13 June 2020

    Coronavirus testingImage source, SNS

    The Scottish government release reveals that 4,323 tests were carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community on Friday, with a further 1,413 done at via drive through centres and mobile tests.

    The figures also say that over the week commencing 1 June 3,353 care home staff tests were carried out, bringing the total through NHS labs to 18,110.

    In addition, 2,133 care home resident tests were carried out in that same period, bringing the total through NHS labs to 15,373.