Reevel Alderson
BBC Scotland Home Affairs correspondent

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A Scottish life-sciences company is to manufacture a vaccine being trialled to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stirling-based Symbiosis will manufacture the vaccine for the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca as it undergoes clinical trials.

The vaccine, known as AZD 1222, is currently in clinical trials across the UK.

Under the new agreement, Symbiosis, which employs 100 staff in its Stirling headquarters, will provide manufacturing capacity for the clinical trial which it hopes will accelerate the further development of the vaccine.

AstraZeneca has said it will provide the drug at cost during the pandemic. The first doses should be available by the end of the year.

Using manufacturing capacity across the world, including in Scotland, means the company should be able to supply two billion doses if regulatory approval is granted.

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The Scottish government's transport secretary has told Good Morning Scotland that face coverings have been made mandatory on public transport because it's expected that services will become busier as lockdown eases.

"Face coverings can offer a limited level of additional protection in reducing community transmission of the virus when someone's 2m space is compromised", Michael Matheson said.

As our transport system gets busier the likelihood of someone's 2m space get compromised is increased, he added.

He added that he was confident that there would be high compliance levels.

Mr Matheson warned those who don't comply could be fined. He said enforcement action could be taken in the future if passengers did not comply.

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As face coverings are made compulsory on public transport, Kaye Adams asks: "Are you ready to get back on public transport?"

The phone-in show also asks: "What other parts of your lifestyle are you ready to get back to?"

Listen to Mornings with Kaye Adams on BBC Radio Scotland from 09:00.

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David McColl, chairman of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee, told Good Morning Scotland that normal service at the dentist won't be resumed until phase four.

From today, urgent or acute care can be provided by dentists which are now allowed to reopen.

"At the moment we're not going to be doing anything that's going to be generating an aerosol in dental practice", he said, because a different type of PPE was required.

These procedures will still have to be carried out at hubs where higher levels of PPE are used.

"Routine" dental care like check ups will be allowed in phase three, but it won't be until phase four that aerosol generating procedures - like drilling - will be allowed in dental practices.

Andrew Black
BBC Scotland Business Presenter

The automotive industry in Scotland is starting to get back to normal, as showrooms and other operations restart.

But one emerging concern is a backlog in the amount of time it takes to register a new vehicle with the DVLA to allow it on the road.

Simon Poole from North Berwick-based campervan specialists Jerba said the normal wait was about a week.

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Wearing a face covering on public transport is "ultimately personal responsibility", according to Phil Campbell from ScotRail.

Asked on Good Morning Scotland who would enforce the wearing of face coverings, which are mandatory from today, Mr Campbell said the rail operator hoped there would be "high hit rates" of face coverings worn on their trains.

"Of course if there needs to be intervention there will be staff on the ground", he added.

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A survey suggests that the majority of people are nervous about some aspects of emerging from lockdown.

It suggests that 67% of Scots are not comfortable with using public transport. The same percentage are not comfortable travelling abroad for a holiday. However, only 47% said they would not be comfortable holidaying in the UK.

The poll, carried out for the charity Advice Direct Scotland by Survation, also suggested 66% of people are not comfortable going to bars and restaurants when they are allowed to reopen.

However, just 44% said they would not be comfortable doing non-essential shopping and only 34% said they were uncomfortable about going to their workplace.

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Professor Calum Semple, a member of the UK government's Sage scientific advisory group and an expert in outbreak medicine, told Good Morning Scotland that he thinks it would now be OK to relax the 2m rule in England because the prevalence of the virus is decreasing.

"I took a quite different view three weeks ago, because we had higher levels in the north west of England particularly,and in nursing homes and in hospitals," he said.

"But now that we are seeing much lower levels I think it's the right time for this decision to be considered- but it is a political decision that takes into account a large number of issues including the mental health and well being of school children who are missing out on their education and getting the economy back on its feet."

He said the decision had to be taken looking at the whole picture and not just considering the science.

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Scotland's Transport Secretary has issued a plea for people to continue limiting their travel as face masks become mandatory on public transport from Monday.

Michael Matheson warned people to "leave space on public transport for those who need it most" amid "major changes" at transport hubs.

He also urged employers to carefully manage their phased returning of staff to work with figures suggesting up to 55% of employees could travel to their normal workplace in phase two of easing measures.

When Scotland was in full lockdown, the figure was just 30%. It could also result in an increase in the number of passengers on public transport by around by a third from the current levels of around 225,000 per day.

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ScotRail will provide face masks for free at more than a dozen stations from today as coverings become mandatory on public transport.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Thursday that passengers would be required to cover their faces on all forms of public transport, apart from children under five and people with certain medical conditions.

To help people comply, railway operator ScotRail, external said face masks would be available free of charge at 18 of its busiest stations for a limited period but asked passengers to bring their own if possible.

The stations include Queen Street, Central, Exhibition Centre, Hyndland and Argyle Street in Glasgow and Haymarket and Waverley in Edinburgh.

The others are Inverness, Aberdeen, Johnstone, Ayr, Paisley Gilmour Street, Linlithgow, Falkirk High, Bathgate, Airdrie, Dalmuir and Motherwell.

The death of three children in a house fire in Paisley and a "terror attack" in Reading make the front pages of Scotland's papers.

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Here is a reminder of some of the headlines from yesterday.

• UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the government is poised to amend the 2m social distancing rule, with a likely start date, in England at least, of 4 July.
• Minister Fergus Ewing is "confident" Scotland's tourism sector will be able to reopen on 15 July, but says it will require "long-term help".
• Scotland Office minister Iain Stewart says the Scottish government should be "more ambitious" in getting the economy up and running.
• The number of people who have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in Scotland remains 2,472, with no new deaths recorded.
• Pub owners want the Scottish and UK governments to not only reduce the 2m social distancing rule but also cut VAT tax rates.

• A former British paratrooper who was isolating on a previously uninhabited Shetland island says he has "left a part of himself behind" after ending his three-month stay there.

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the latest coronavirus developments in Scotland, at the start of this 14th week since lockdown measures were introduced.

Further easing measures come into force today, including places of worship being able to reopen for private prayer with enhanced hygiene measures, and dental practices being able to offer in-person appointments to NHS patients in need of urgent care.

Face coverings also become mandatory on public transport in Scotland from today, with ScotRail providing free face masks at 18 of its busiest stations for a limited period to help passengers comply with the new rule.