A weekly update on Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths in Scotland.

That concludes our live coverage of the latest coronavirus developments in Scotland on Monday 3 August.

We'll be back in the morning as pupils throughout Scotland learn their course results.

Stay safe and have a good evening.

• There have been 18 new positive cases recorded - 11 of those in the Grampian area - but no deaths of people who tested positive for an 18th successive day.
• NHS Grampian says the number of cases linked to the Aberdeen Covid cluster is now 27 in total, up from 13.
• One more person has tested positive for coronavirus linked to a cluster in Inverclyde, which now has 14 cases.
• Nicola Sturgeon says she "won't hesitate" to reintroduce lockdown restrictions if Covid-19 starts to get "out of control", with measures "up to and including" shutting pubs and restaurants.

• The first minister says pictures on social media of gatherings outside pubs this weekend made her "want to cry".
• Jeane Freeman says Scotland will receive its share of new 90-minute Covid tests, but needs to be sure they are as reliable as the current tests being used first.
• The health secretary also announces an additional £50m for social care.

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Tomorrow’s the day teens across Scotland get the grades for their school qualifications. The exams were cancelled this year for the first time ever.

BBC Scotland's education correspondent Jamie McIvor says some kids will be very concerned because they have not been able to have the final push of an exam.

But there will be a safeguard in terms of an appeals system, which will allow schools to appeal a grade awarded by the SQA if it is poorer than that recommended by teachers.

James Russell from Skills Development Scotland also highlights expert advisers will be accessible to young people from 08:00 tomorrow. The number to call is 0808 100 8000.

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Cindy Gray, Professor of Health and Behaviour at the University of Glasgow, says it is a "natural reaction" for young people to want to go out, especially after four months of lockdown.

We’re all social animals, she says, but the problem is trying to maintain the "new normal" rather than fall back into old habits, amid concerns over people gathering in crowds outside pubs.

"People are forgetting we are not back to where we were before; they're getting too close together and doing things that put them at risk,” she tells BBC Radio Scotland.

"What we are seeing is the virus is still there, and is beginning to win again," she adds.

Here's the latest information on coronavirus in the UK, after nine more deaths were reported on Monday. That takes the total number of people who have died with the virus in the UK to 46,210.

The latest government figures also showed there were 938 new confirmed cases.

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Professor Graham Medley, chair of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies told the BBC that as schools open, pubs could close.

He explained reopening schools will be reconnecting lots of households and therefore limiting other activities may be required.

But what about the bar workers in all of this? The people who are effectively putting their bodies on the line to keep punters happy.

Dave Moxham from the STUC tells Drivetime it is difficult to regulate whether places are complying with the rules. But he says it is essential to recognise bars as work places as well as social spaces.

Staff need to be supported as they carry out their roles, including asking customers to physically distance, to ensure the hospitality sector can remain open Mr Moxham argues.

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One of Scotland's most famous textile firms has announced it is to shed dozens of jobs.

Moray-based Johnstons of Elgin said it had taken the decision to restructure its business because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The company said it hoped to avoid making compulsory redundancies.

Sixty-five jobs are at risk at its Elgin mill and there could be losses at its large manufacturing base in Hawick in the Scottish Borders.

Read more here.

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People with chronic pain have had to travel to England for private healthcare during the Covid-19 crisis after pain relief services were put on hold four months ago.

Fiona, who feels "constant, crushing pain" in her kidneys, "as if I’m being stabbed 50 times a day", has been making a four-hour journey to Doncaster for a two-hour liquicane infusion every six weeks, a treatment classed as "non-essential" in Scotland.

"It is frightening, a barbaric position to be placed in," she tells BBC Radio Scotland. "If I hadn’t had these infusions every six weeks, I probably would have committed suicide a long time ago."

Ian Semmons, chairman of the charity Action on Pain, says Fiona's is not an unusual story, and that the service in Scotland has been "extremely poor" for many years, with long waiting times for treatment.

"The Scottish government has chosen to turn its back on the needs of people with chronic pain and the situation has just escalated with Covid," he says.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said she is committed to resuming the full range of pain services as quickly as it is safe to do so, and will shortly publish a Covid-19 recovery framework for NHS pain management.

Aberdeen International Comedy Festival has been cancelled due to continued coronavirus lockdown measures.

One of Scotland's big three comedy events, it was due to take place from 1 – 11 October.

The decision was made to cancel after the first minister announced last week that Scotland was likely to remain in phase three of the route map until at least 14 September.

Physical distancing would restrict numbers to about 35% capacity, which makes them unviable according to organisers.

Four comedians due to perform - Daniel Sloss, Gary Meikle, Tez Ilyas and Jon Richardson - will all reschedule dates in 2021.

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Hays Travel is to cut up to a fifth of its workforce, the firm has announced. 878 jobs are expected to go.

Owners John and Irene Hays blamed the advice against all non-essential travel to Spain and the changes in furlough conditions, saying these two things had left them with "no choice".

But the job losses will be partially offset in Scotland by a hundred recruits for its expanding tour operations division, being located in Glasgow.

Simon Calder, travel editor at The Independent, says the overnight introduction of a quarantine for Spain has seen demand collapse.

He also warns an increase in staycations will put pressure on Scotland as one of few countries people can go to with little chance of getting "on the wrong side of a quarantine rule".

One more person has tested positive for coronavirus linked to a cluster in Inverclyde.

There are now 14 cases within Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board after a patient who was a known contact of earlier cases provided a positive test.

All are experiencing mild symptoms, according to the health board.

It was previously revealed the cluster had a link to an earlier outbreak at the Sitel call centre in Lanarkshire.

That cluster at Eurocentral business park near Bellshill came to light on 19 July and involved more than 20 cases.

The positive cases in the NHS GGC cluster have been linked to an Amazon warehouse in Gourock and M&D Green pharmacy in Port Glasgow.

Individuals, who may have been infectious at the time, also visited a number of businesses in Greater Glasgow. These included The Botany bar and restaurant in Glasgow and a boat trip with Sweeney's Cruises in West Dunbartonshire, both on Sunday.

Individuals also visited The Queen of the Loch by Marston's Inn in Balloch and Lomond Woods Holiday Park on the weekend of 24 July.

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Nicola Sturgeon said in her briefing earlier that pictures of young people gathered outside pubs with little social distancing made her want to cry.

Author Graeme Armstrong said the first minister's response was "perfectly understandable" given her "absolutely fantastic" response to the crisis.

"She’s been relentless so it must be disheartening," he tells BBC Radio Scotland. "But it’s an unprecedented time to be young."

Young people are just doing what is natural to them, he says, and "there is a tendency to be over moralistic when it comes to young people".

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Joan Burnie, a journalist, adds that "as an old person", her generation should not condemn young people.

But youngsters should should be careful about mixing with elderly relatives and people in vulnerable groups if they have been out socialising, she says.

Sewage testing is being conducted across England in a bid to develop wastewater-based Covid-19 surveillance.

Scientists discovered early in the pandemic that infected people "shed" the virus in their faeces.

Further research concluded that wastewater sampling could provide a signal of a coronavirus outbreak up to a week earlier than medical testing.

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says this has begun at 44 wastewater treatment sites.

A Defra spokesperson said the government was working with scientists, water companies and the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Read more here.

NHS Western Isles has issued public health messages set to music by the Lewis band Peat & Diesel.

The video containing information on how to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic has been posted to social media.

The messages are accompanied by the song My Island.

Peat & Diesel - Boydie MacLeod, Innes Scott and Uilly Macleod - were in the running for last year's UK iTunes Christmas number one with the track Fairytale of Stornoway.

Last year also saw the band win best live act the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards and sell-out gigs across Scotland.

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Scottish chef John Quigley says the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme "came at a perfect time" for the sector.

"For us it was a no-brainer," the proprietor of the Red Onion told Lunchtime Live earlier, after opting to resume operating seven days a week, having initially reopened just from Thursday to Saturday.

Today brought the restaurant's busiest lunchtime since February, with bookings for tonight and the next few days already showing "an obvious bounce-back" from the initiative, Mr Quigley said.

"This is most welcome. We need some impetus at this time, on the way back from lockdown, as August is traditionally a quieter month."

The restaurant has been able to un-furlough all 17 staff, with Mr Quigley "more optimistic" now that redundancies, which at one stage seemed inevitable, may not be required.

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An outbreak of Covid-19 has been linked to a pub in Aberdeen, while photos of young people gathering made Nicola Sturgeon "want to cry".

Are young people putting everyone's health and the economy at risk? Text in with your thoughts on 80295.

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Also on the programme:

• John speaks to a Scot living in Victoria, Australia - which is currently in week three of a six week lockdown.
• And pupils across Scotland are awaiting their course results tomorrow. What help is out there?

"Eat out to help out" is too complicated and will not mean more customers, says one businessman.

Managers must get better at trusting employees working from home for the UK's productivity levels to improve, an organisational psychology expert has said.

Professor Cary Cooper told BBC Radio Scotland that productivity levels were "lousy" pre-Covid and were not helped by managers without the necessary social skills.

Managers tend to be promoted on the basis of their technical rather than people skills, he said, with only about 20% having the 'EQ' – the emotional intelligence – required.

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A lot of people are not coping with juggling the demands of work, home schooling, and partners also working at home, said Prof Cooper.

"The good news is companies are taking this idea much more seriously now because it is essential now that people are going to work substantially from home as a result of all this."