Nicola Sturgeon tells her daily briefing that one of the biggest risk factors is "importation" of the virus from other countries
The first minister says international travel is vital so Scotland is lifting quarantine restrictions for many countries
People travelling from all countries rated Green will no longer need to quarantine on entry to Scotland. Some on the Amber list, including Spain, will still have to quarantine
From Friday, people who are "shielding" no longer have to physically distance from the people they live with. Other changes to shielding included "extended households"
Rishi Sunak announces "Kickstart scheme" to directly pay employers to create new jobs for any 16 to 24-year-old at risk of long-term unemployment
The chancellor also announces a temporary cut to VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5%
A busy lunchtime of Covid-19 politics lies ahead, here's today's schedule:
Laura Kuenssberg
Political editor
Image source, AFPAfter "the grid" - the carefully planned build-up of government announcements that will reach its crescendo today - we have a good idea of Rishi Sunak's shopping list.
Extra cash for employers to take on trainees and apprentices, likely changes to stamp duty and perhaps cuts to VAT for some sectors.
And there is room too for some Treasury old favourites, like subsidies for green insulation.
Government insiders hope there will be something left as a surprise for the chancellor to deliver at the end of his moment in the House of Commons at lunchtime on Wednesday.
But until that concludes, the question hangs, not just over the narrative of a single day, but how radical this government is willing to be.
Image source, GoogleSchool pupils in the Falkirk area may not be back at school full time for a fortnight after classrooms reopen.
Falkirk Council has agreed details of its plans for the reopening of schools. Teachers will return on 11 August and pupils will start returning from the following day.
But the council says all pupils will not be back full time until the 24th.
The move highlights the practical difficulties of reopening schools which have been shut since March.
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Mornings with Kaye Adams
BBC Radio Scotland
Image source, PA MediaFace coverings in shops will be mandatory from Friday in Scotland, which businesses hope will give shoppers more confidence
Garry Clark says many businesses have still to reopen as they juggle the demands of extra costs and little or no income in the past few months.
"The problem is they are not hitting full demand as soon as they open their doors," the spokesperson for the Federation of Small Businesses tells BBC Radio Scotland. "People are understandably reluctant about going out, spending money.
"But we have got face covering rules coming in this Friday. Hopefully that will give people a bit more confidence to go into a shop and spend time and money there."
Businesses are having to build up quite slowly, Clark says, which creates its own financial issues.
"That’s why we need that stimulus into the economy, to encourage people to spend, to give them confidence, but that is going to be difficult when people’s jobs are at risk," he adds.
Quote MessageWe are finding one in 10 businesses have already laid off staff. Confidence is in short supply at the moment.”
Garry Clark, Federation of Small Businesses
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC news website
Image source, Friends of the Union Chain BridgeWork will begin next month on a £10.5m overhaul of a bridge linking Scotland and England which is about to celebrate the 200th anniversary of its opening.
The Union Chain Bridge stands over the River Tweed and joins Berwickshire and Northumberland.
The Spencer Group has now been appointed to carry out a major programme of repairs to the structure.
The coronavirus pandemic had delayed the process but the company now hopes to start on site in August.
Image source, SCMAChildminders are urging the Scottish government to "catch up" on Covid-19 guidance for childcare, or face seeing the sector collapse.
Under current measures, parents are advised to avoid "blended" care from multiple providers.
That means they are unable to combine school or nursery with any other childcare.
Childminders say parents will struggle to manage work and childcare and their own businesses may not survive.
Andrew Black
BBC Scotland Business Presenter
Aberdeen-based transport bus and train operator FirstGroup says it’s facing an uncertain future, after coronavirus saw average passenger numbers fall by 90% in March alone, because of coronavirus.
The company, which runs busses in the UK’s biggest towns and cities and services in the US, has announced annual losses of £150m.
It’s now warned about its ability to continue as a going concern - a fully operating, profit-making business - although First says it has enough cash to get itself through the next 12 months.
The operator’s now pinning its hopes on a return of passengers as lockdown restrictions are eased further.
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Image source, Bill FlemingMornings with Kaye Adams
BBC Radio Scotland
Image source, PA MediaShoppers have returned to Scotland's streets in the last 10 days
Garry Clark, spokesperson for the Federation of Small Businesses, wants to see measures in the Chancellor's lunchtime announcement that will "help local economies and communities get back up and running".
Rishi Sunak is to announce a £2bn "kickstart scheme" to create more jobs for young people, and has faced calls for a more widespread package to revive the economy.
Businesses have used up all their reserves and government grants, says Clark, who believes any voucher scheme - with suggestions every adult could be given £500 to spend - would need to be "carefully managed".
"There is not a lot of sense if people go and spend all that money on Aamzon, for example," he told BBC Radio Scotland.
"But if it is channeled into local communities, local high streets, small independent stores, then that would make a huge difference to those businesses.”
Clark also thinks there is "definitely scope for targeted VAT cuts", but that job preservation and creation has to be the priority.
Quote MessagePeople will only spend money if they feel secure in their jobs, or are getting back to work after a period of furlough. We need people back spending again but they can only do that if they got confidence.”
Garry Clark, Federation of Small Businesses
Image source, Getty ImagesThe UK Chancellor is to launch a fund to help young workers
Scotland's finance secretary has repeated her call to be allowed to switch capital funding to day-to-day revenue.
Speaking ahead of the UK Chancellor's summer statement, Kate Forbes also called for an end to "arbitrary" limits on borrowing.
Ms Forbes said she was asking for "relatively limited powers".
But she said the move would "ease some of the immense pressures on our budget" caused by the coronavirus crisis.
Mornings with Kaye Adams
BBC Radio Scotland
The Chancellor is to announce a £2bn "kickstart scheme" today to create more jobs for young people.
Scotland's Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has repeated her call to be allowed to switch capital funding to day-to-day revenue.
Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon reiterated her call for an £80bn economic stimulus package yesterday.
Financial analyst Louise Cooper warns today is only going to be a “mini-budget” as the main budget will still be in the Autumn
“Today is all going to be about, we think, young people and jobs,” Ms Cooper tells Kaye.
She says the chances of the young getting a job are rare and their life chances have been badly hit and they will be scarred by the pandemic.
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There's a busy day of Covid-19 politics ahead, we’ll bring you it all here on this live page.
That will of course include all the reaction to and analysis of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s summer economic update and what his announcements mean for Scotland.
At the same time we’ll have the Scottish government briefing where we may hear the much anticipated announcement on air bridges from Nicola Sturgeon.
Here's today's schedule:
Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
Image source, PA MediaDouglas Ross shares a dram with Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Conservative MP for Moray Douglas Ross says Chancellor Rishi Sunak's £2bn "kickstart scheme" is "an opportunity for the government to invest in young people".
Mr Ross tells BBC Radio Scotland that the "broad shoulders" of Westminster are supporting all of the UK, estimating that some £11.5b has already been invested in Scotland to retain jobs and support businesses.
He says that "massive investment" has been vital, although he concedes there is "more work to do" as he looks forward to the chancellor's announcement this afternoon.
On the issue of more borrowing for the Scottish government, he says the SNP should "use their current powers better than they are currently doing" and suggests there is a tendency to "dither and delay".
He also accuses first minister Nicola Sturgeon of being "reckless" and putting people off coming to Scotland by refusing to rule out completely the idea of restrictions on travellers from other parts of the UK.
Andrew Black
BBC Scotland Business Presenter
The chancellor’s laying out more plans to help the economy out of coronavirus - and key to that is the idea of a technology jobs revolution.
Denmark-based customer review site Trustpilot has just announced its opening a research and development site in Edinburgh, which will create 30 high-skilled jobs over three years.
The company’s chief legal and policy officer Carolyn Jameson told the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “One of the ways we’ll recover from this crisis is the creation of skilled jobs and also making sure they’re the right sort of technical jobs - that are reliant on the tech companies of the future.
“I don’t think there’s any sector that isn’t touched by tech and that will help other sectors recover as well, if we can increase technical skills.”
Carolyn said helping people to re-train with tech skills was difficult, but there was a lot of thought going into the issue of improving that in Scotland.
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Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
Image source, SNS"We can't yet see a point in the future where people will be able to dance in nightclubs," says broadcaster and author Stuart Cosgrove, who is concerned by the news that Glasgow's Sub Club is facing an uncertain future.
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched in a bid to keep the legendary dance music venue open.
Sub Club owner Mike Grieve explains that he viewed furlough as "a lifeline" only to be denied access to the scheme, forcing him to place all staff on unpaid leave.
"We contribute a lot to the Glasgow economy," he tells BBC Radio Scotland.
"There is a lack of acknowledgement that venues such as our own contribute to broader cultural life."
Mr Cosgrove believes more thought should be given to subsidies for "pioneering clubs" in the way theatres have been supported, extolling the Sub Club's "international cultural and creative reputation".
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Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
Westminster's SNP leader Ian Blackford is calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to be "bold" with his plans to steer the ailing UK economy forward and to retain the furlough scheme, "so nobody is left behind".
"There can be no return to austerity," Mr Blackford tells BBC Radio Scotland.
The chancellor's vision for the future "needs to drive investment and increase public confidence", according to the MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, who wants to see increased borrowing powers for the Scottish government, as well as a substantial VAT cut for the hospitality and tourism sector and a reduction in employers' National Insurance contributions to reduce cost of hiring staff.
Mr Sunak will announce a £2bn "kickstart scheme" to create more jobs for young people.
"We certainly want to see measures that will support young people into work," said Mr Blackford. "That has to be an absolute priority.
"Some of us will remember the youth opportunities scheme a way back in the 1980s, which was a sticking plaster. It has to be effective. People must be supported properly."
The chancellor's announcement about kick-starting the economy is trailed on several of Scotland's front pages.
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