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People in Scotland will be allowed to meet up with two other households indoors from 10 July and pubs and restaurants can re-open from 15 July.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also said the five-mile travel limit will be lifted from 3 July, while beer gardens can re-open from 6 July.

Hairdressers and barbers can open from 15 July, as can holiday accommodation.

Ms Sturgeon said the move was possible thanks to the "real sustained progress" made in suppressing the virus.

Read more detail about today's announcements here.

Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie points out that schools are breaking up for the summer, that “teachers are exhausted” and asks the first minister if they will get a break and have time to implement a full-time return to schooling.

He also points out that teachers are anxious about a return and asks if they will have access to testing and wonders if teachers and pupils who are shielding will be returning to school in August.

Nicola Sturgeon replies that “teachers will get a break” and time to prepare for the new academic year.

She hopes there “will be a big role for testing in reassuring teachers, parents and pupils” and promises details of that.

On a suggestion by Mr Rennie that the government’s plans for childcare during the summer break are “disjointed”, Ms Sturgeon admits it has been difficult to align a return to work with a return to fully operational childcare.

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Scottish Green co-leader Alison Johnstone says half of working Scots are concerned about losing their job, while thousands already have.

She asks how quickly a jobs guarantee for young people can be put in place.

Ms Sturgeon says the government aims to respond to the report, including the jobs guarantee, by the end of July.

Ms Johnstone urges the government to invest in the energy efficiency sector which could create jobs and Ms Sturgeon agrees there is an opportunity to pick up the pace and scale of investment here.

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard says clinical guidance in his hand says “it is not advised that residents in long-term care are admitted to hospital for long-term management” and suggests “that has been one of the greatest scandals of this pandemic”.

Asking for an urgent view of how the Scottish government is prepared for future outbreaks, he points out that the heads of the royal colleges yesterday sent an open letter calling for the rapid review of our preparedness to tackle the virus and warned that local flare ups are increasingly likely and a second wave a real risk.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon replies that the Scottish government “is reviewing on an ongoing basis” all aspects of its handling of the virus.

She says she will discuss with the health secretary how opposition groups can be involved scrutinise that.

However, she points out that clinical advice comes from clinicians and not the politicians.

Richard Leonard suggests it was clinical advice issued by the Scottish government in April that care home residents should not be treated in hospital if they were suspected of having Covid-19 and that this policy remained in place until 15 May.

The Scottish Labour leader says “many grieving families desperately want answers” as to why it took so long for that advice to change and asks the first minister if she regrets that delay.

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Nicola Sturgeon replies that: “Families have the right to answers and have a right to question what was done and not done.

“It is not a matter of policy whether an individual in a care home or anywhere else is admitted to hospital or not.

“Clinical advice that is issued in many different scenarios is applied and interpreted by many different clinicians.

“In some case, perhaps in many cases, for older people, admission to hospital and to invasive intensive care is not in their best interests, but if it is in their interests, that should happen. It is simply wrong that any government policy stops that happening.”

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard points out that although 0.7% of Scotland's population lives in care homes, more than 50% of deaths have been from that "tiny section of our community".

He believes "these most vulnerable people were badly let down" and agrees with Judith Robertson - chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission - who suggested this raised human rights concerns.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon replies that she too agrees with that conclusion.

However, she stresses that she disagrees with any suggestion the Scottish government failed to act to protect people in care homes.

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The Scottish Conservative leader details a paper published today warning of the deepest recession in living memory for Scotland.

Jackson Carlaw says the Fraser of Allander Institute has called for a testing and tracking regime that can test at scale and will be operational by the resumption of parliament in August.

The first minister insists this is already in place under Test and Protect.

She explains the system is designed to test symptomatic individuals and therefore as prevalence of Covid-19 declines, so too will the number of tests.

Ms Sturgeon confirms the aim is to build surveillance testing over the summer to ensure outbreaks are not being missed.

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The Scottish Conservative leader says in lifting the five-mile travel restrictions and tourism not due to reopen until 15 July, Scots will be able to travel to England for a holiday.

He warns 15 July may be “too little too late” for many tourism businesses and he urges the FM to act more quickly to “save Scottish jobs”.

Ms Sturgeon says the risk to livelihoods “weighs heavily” on her, but so too does the risk to life should the virus run out of control again.

She says she is not prepared to take part in “some kind of reckless race with other parts of the UK.”

She has not seen the evidence on England’s relaxation of the 2m distance rule, she adds, insisting the “worst thing” she could decide on would be to take “hasty decisions” which risk further outbreaks.

Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw responds to the first minister's statement by saying the decision to relax the two metre physical distance rule is central to the economic debate.

He says the hospitality sector is “desperate” to know the basis on which they can accept bookings.

He asks if it would be possible for the advice on this to be published earlier than 2 July.

The first minister says she does not want to put pressure on the independent group putting the advice together, adding they will provide it when they are ready.

She accepts there are difficulties with the rule and does not want businesses to have to deal with restrictions unnecessarily – but she warns a second wave could end up forcing business to close again.

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The first minister says: "Complying with the requirements of Test and Protect is absolutely vital.

She says the guidance in Test and Protect, external says if you have Covid-19 symptoms you must self-isolate.

You must go immediately to NHS Inform online or phone 0800 028 2816 to book a test.

If you have any of the symptoms, a new cough, a fever, or a loss or change in sense of smell or taste, then do not wait until you feel better, book a test immediately.

The first minister warns that if at any stage there is a resurgence of the virus, the path out of lockdown may be halted or even reversed.

She tells the chamber we must get as close as possible to eliminating the virus now and build confidence in our ability to control it in the future.

This will be through surveillance, testing, contact tracing and where necessary targeted suppression measures.

"If we can do that, the move from phase 3 to phase 4 will become possible, perhaps as we go into August."

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Before the end of July, people who are shielding will be issued with further advice, says the first minister.

The Scottish government wants to move away from blanket advice for all shielding people, to much more tailored advice about risk and how to mitigate it, Ms Sturgeon explains.

Other measures in phase 3 require further assessment, says the first minister, and include:

• communal worship
• indoor live entertainment venues
• outdoor live events
• indoor gyms
• weddings and funerals