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

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  1. Regional lockdowns 'very difficult' for Scotland

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    Central Edinburgh in the early days of lockdown

    Regional lockdowns would be "very difficult" to impose in Scotland in the event of any future outbreaks, Professor Linda Bauld says.

    Italy imposed strict measures to limit the movement of people, but the public health expert from Edinburgh University reckons the same approach would not necessarily work here.

    "In Italy, the virus was highly concentrated in the north and there is a lot of devolution in their regions," Prof Bauld explains on BBC Radio Scotland.

    "In Scotland, the first minister's preference is to avoid localised responses and it would be hard for police to impose restrictions on travel.

    "If case numbers rise significantly as we move forward, we could see things like shutting down shops, pubs and restaurants again - but not a full lockdown.

    "At the moment, we just don't have enough local surveillance data. We need to emphasise the importance of people with symptoms coming forward for testing and we are still not routinely testing health workers.

    "I think we'll get there, but the system still developing."

  2. Scotland's papers: Economy shrinks 20% and back to school plans

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    Scotland's newspaper front pages range from news about how hard the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the economy to details of how schools will reopen.

    Read more here.

  3. A reminder of Friday's headlines...

    • Nicola Sturgeon says unemployment figures due out next week are likely to show a "significant impact" on the numbers of people in work in Scotland.
    • The first minister has called for the UK government to extend the furlough scheme beyond October, saying that would help both save lives and jobs.
    • GDP figures show the UK economy shrunk by 20.4% in April - the biggest contraction on record.
    • Ms Sturgeon and Wales' first minister have written to the UK government urging it to extend the Brexit deadline, but Cabinet Officer minister Michael Gove is adamant the UK will be leaving the European Union on 31 December.
    • Three more people who tested positive from Covid-19 have died in Scotland, taking the total under that measure to 2,442.
    • Scottish Secretary Alistair Jack calls for the current two-metre distancing rule to be relaxed to one metre as soon as it is safe to do so.
    • The Scottish government announces a £62m Energy Transition Fund to help the sector move to renewables despite the economic downturn.
    • Police Scotland statistics show a 68% drop in the number of fixed penalty notices handed out for flouting lockdown measures compared to last week.

  4. Good morning

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    Welcome to BBC Scotland's live page.

    We will bring you all the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland on what will hopefully be the final weekend before the country moves to phase two of lockdown easing.