That concludes our live coverage on the latest developments in Scotland on Tuesday, 28 July, a day when the prime minister has warned there are signs of a second wave of the virus in parts of Europe and further quarantines for holidaymakers could be on the cards.

Meanwhile here in Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is "increasingly concerned" about the risk from coronavirus after a "worrying resurgence" in several other countries.

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

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, which represents the private care home sector, believes a "root and branch review" is required to decide how much the public purse should provide to the sector.

Most care is delivered by private and charitable organisations on behalf of the state, he points out, with staff pay pegged to the minimum wage and the Scottish living wage.

Less than 16% of Scotland’s care homes are owned by the 'big five' chains - which include wealthy equity firms - with the vast majority owned by private family-owned businesses, Mr Macaskill adds.

"The vast majority deliver excellent care. This isn’t an issue of individuals seeking profit; it’s an issue of the failure to value care."

You can watch the BBC Scotland documentary, The Care Home Scandal, on BBC One tonight at 22:45 or on the BBC iPlayer.

If you are just joining us here are the main points from today's Scottish government coronavirus briefing:

• There have been no Covid-19 deaths in Scotland for the 12th day in a row
• The education secretary is confident schools in Scotland can reopen safely from 11 August, with the final decision being made tomorrow
• The first minister will set out the decision on schools on Thursday 30 July from 12.20pm
• Nicola Sturgeon warns there will be a “very cautious approach” to Thursday’s review of lockdown measures
• Hospitality venues and public warned not leaving contact details may risk lives
• NHS Pharmacy First Scotland launched to replace minor ailments service in our community pharmacies
• However if you have Covid symptoms the first minister says do not use that service, rather self-isolate immediately and book a test through NHS Inform, external or phoning 0800 028 2816
• Volunteers are needed for a new NHS vaccine research registry, to help treat Covid-19, says the deputy chief medical officer
• In response to questions about quarantine arrangements for those returning from foreign trips, Nicola Sturgeon says 'I wouldn’t be booking a foreign holiday right now'

There were nearly 200 warnings about staff shortages in care homes in Scotland during lockdown, according to the Care Inspectorate.

Their figures have been published for the first time, following a BBC Freedom of Information request.

Care homes had to flag up red and amber staffing alerts to inspectors for eleven weeks from the start of April.

Thirty red warnings were issued - this meant homes didn’t have enough staff to properly care for their residents.

The Care Inspectorate received another one hundred and forty-nine amber warnings that staffing was stretched and close to impacting on the quality of care.

BBC’s Disclosure hears from the granddaughter of a woman who died in a care home in East Kilbride, where 39 staff were off at the height of the pandemic.

You can hear more on that story on Disclosure: The Care Home Scandal, tonight at 10:45 on BBC One Scotland, and on the BBC iPlayerDuring the coronavirus pandemic more people died with the virus in Scotland's care homes than in its hospitals.

You can read more about this story here.

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A Glasgow Caledonian University professor has joined students on the nursing frontline to help with Covid-19 testing.

Andrea Nelson, dean of the school of health and life sciences, takes Fridays off as annual leave to cover her NHS shift.

She also donates her salary to the GCU Foundation Common Good Fund.

Prof Nelson, a registered adult nurse, has been working alongside undergraduates at the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Covid-19 Community Assessment Centre in north Glasgow.

She re-registered in April and was assigned to the centre after eight hours of mandatory update training.

Prof Nelson said: "Getting ready for deployment, navigating all of the processes to register my application and completing the training, gave me renewed respect for our students who are doing this in addition to their studies, clinical placement and university assessments."

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Miles Briggs, health spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives, says he is not surprised by BBC Scotland's revelation that the Care Inspectorate received 30 red warnings during lockdown that homes did not have enough staff to properly care for their residents.

Mr Briggs denied the situation arose from Conservative government cuts a decade ago, insisting there have been record amounts of money invested by the UK and Scottish governments in the social care network.

"We didn’t have the workforce in place in Scotland; we need to really tackle that at the end of this crisis," he told BBC Radio Scotland.

"The care home sector should have been put on the same emergency response as our NHS. We should have seen testing and PPE put in place on the same levels for the care home sector.

"That way we could have tried to prevent the infections that we saw."

Mr Briggs added he does not think Scotland is "in a good place" in preparations for a possible second wave of infections, especially care homes that have not seen any infections.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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Nicola Sturgeon was “really blunt” in saying she “wouldn’t be booking a foreign holiday right now” at her briefing earlier and people should be “very cautious about non-essential foreign travel right now”.

Shona Thorne, from Thorne Travel in Ayrshire, said agents were "extremely disappointed" in the first minister's response.

"We’ve always said if it’s not safe, we shouldn’t be flying," she told BBC Radio Scotland. "The government then said it is safe to fly, and we have followed all the guidelines.

"For the first minister to then say she wouldn’t be recommending it seems very, very strange indeed."

Ms Thorne says the travel industry needs more information about how decisions are being made - "Are we going for figures, projected figures, the R number?" - and called for regional strategies for each country rather than blanket bans.

"The Canary Islands are closer to Africa than Spain, so it doesn't make logical sense, or statistically," she adds.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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The first minister warned earlier that although the majority of hospitality businesses are following the rules, some guidance measures - such as seating areas not being cleaned thoroughly, staff not wearing face coverings and contact details not being taken - are being breached.

Paul Waterson from the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, told BBC Radio Scotland Nicola Sturgeon's message was "well made" and something his organisation "certainly supports".

"We have always said it’s very important we follow the rules and make sure customers feel safe and comfortable and enjoy the experience," he says. "That is what will bring them back into your premises.

"If places are not doing basic stuff like taking details, wearing face masks, cleaning tables, then customers will not support them, and they’re right to do that. The guidance is clear and there’s not really any excuse."

There have been 18,558 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Scotland and 2,491 people have died following a positive test for the virus, according to Scottish government figures, external.

Over the past 14 days there have been 190 cases confirmed following a test, with four confirmed on Monday.

But which health board areas have seen the most new cases? Read more here.

In case you missed it, here are the main points from today's Scottish government coronavirus briefing:

• There have been no Covid-19 deaths in Scotland for the 12th day in a row
• The education secretary is confident schools in Scotland can reopen safely from 11 August, with the final decision being made tomorrow
• The first minister will set out the decision on schools on Thursday 30 July from 12.20pm
• Nicola Sturgeon warns there will be a “very cautious approach” to Thursday’s review of lockdown measures
• Hospitality venues and public warned not leaving contact details may risk lives
• NHS Pharmacy First Scotland launched to replace minor ailments service in our community pharmacies
• However if you have Covid symptoms the first minister says do not use that service, rather self-isolate immediately and book a test through NHS Inform, external or phoning 0800 028 2816
• Volunteers are needed for a new NHS vaccine research registry, to help treat Covid-19, says the deputy chief medical officer
• In response to questions about quarantine arrangements for those returning from foreign trips, Nicola Sturgeon says 'I wouldn’t be booking a foreign holiday right now'

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

As politicians in Scotland and England warn of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe, Drivetime will have reaction to the latest comments from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

BBC Scotland has revealed that care home inspectors in Scotland were given 200 warnings about staff shortages during lockdown.

Drivetime will look into that issue with the Disclosure team behind tonight's documentary.

The programme will also talk to Scottish golfer Catriona Matthew about how more of us could be heading for the fairways...

Tune in from 16:00 BST.

The pandemic cost £248bn to the global tourism industry in lost revenue between January and May, according to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

In a report, the organisation said this loss was three times greater than that of the global financial crisis of 2009".

Tourist numbers also fell by 300 million during the period - a 56% drop from the same time last year - as lockdown measures brought a stop to international travel.

“This latest data makes clear the importance of restarting tourism as soon as it is safe to do so," said UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili. "The dramatic fall in international tourism places many millions of livelihoods at risk, including in developing countries."

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Numerous studies have concluded that face masks can prevent people from spreading airway germs to others.

But now a new paper, external, due to be published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, has found that masks also protect the people wearing them too - lessening the severity of symptoms, or preventing infection entirely in some cases.

Using animal experiments and observations during the pandemic, the group of scientists says people wearing face coverings take in fewer coronavirus particles, making it easier for their immune systems to combat any viral spread.

Dr. Tsion Firew, a doctor at Columbia University in the US - who wasn’t involved in the work, - told the New York Times that a relationship between masking and milder disease had not yet been proven.

But the new research paper “reiterates what we say about masks,” said Dr Firew. “It’s not just a selfless act.”

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The experience of people who were already marginalised and facing the most isolation during lockdown is to be researched at Glasgow University.

A 25-member team is funded by the Scottish government until November to gather evidence from some of the poorest communities, refugees and asylum- eekers, victims of abuse, families with a parent in prison, and those who have been required to shield in their homes.

The intention is to help guide Holyrood policy, and also to report on effective coping strategies and resilience among those facing some of the hardest circumstances.

Angie Brown
Edinburgh and East reporter

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A student visiting her mother in Spain fears she will relapse into depression on her return to Scotland following the reintroduction of quarantine for travellers from the country.

Mirjana Gavrilovic Nilsson, 28, said she struggled during the four-month lockdown and could not do another two week-stint in her Edinburgh home.

She said she felt anxious when the rule change was announced on Saturday.

The PhD student is currently staying with her mother in Mallorca.

• Read more here

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Bakery chain Greggs has said its sales have recovered to "encouraging" levels since it reopened shops in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.

It said sales were running at 72% of 2019's level, with all but a handful of its 2,025 outlets now trading again.

Although many people are still away from their workplaces, chief executive Roger Whiteside said Greggs was not that dependent on office workers and the vast majority of its customers "simply can't work from home".

Mr Whiteside was speaking as Greggs unveiled a £65.2m loss for the first half of 2020. In the same period a year earlier, it made a profit of £36.7m.

Margaret was "devastated" when lockdown rules meant she couldn't visit her husband of 63 years in his care home.