Summary

  • First minister says 101 cases now linked to Aberdeen cluster

  • Nicola Sturgeon says she is "pretty furious" over Aberdeen players' bar visit

  • A further 27 cases confirmed in the NHS Grampian area in the past 24 hours

  • 313 close contacts of confirmed cases in Aberdeen traced so far

  • Across Scotland there have been 43 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 since Thursday

  • Eight Aberdeen FC players are self isolating after two tested positive for Covid-19

  • Nicola Sturgeon says it will be mandatory for hospitality venues to collect customer’s information

  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the furlough scheme cannot last indefinitely

  1. Face coverings to be mandatory in more placespublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

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    The wearing of face coverings is currently mandatory in shops and on public transport.

    The range of indoor premises is now being is extended to include libraries, museums and places of worship.

    The details of other places are available on the Scottish government website.

  2. Pubs 'must take contact details' from next weekpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    Ms Sturgeon says pubs and restaurants are particularly susceptible to the spread of the virus.

    She says many businesses have complied with restrictions but some have not.

    It will now be "mandatory" for a range of settings including hospitality to take contact details.

    There will also be new details on compliance with safety measures such as physical distancing.

    The measures will come in at the end of next week.

  3. Aberdeen players 'blatantly broke the rules'published at 12:26 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

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    Ms Sturgeon says two footballers from Aberdeen had tested positive and six other were self-isolating.

    All eight had been to a bar in the city of Saturday.

    In doing so, they blatantly broke the rules agreed for professional footballers.

    "Which to put it mildly is completely unacceptable," she says.

    The game between Aberdeen and St Johnstone scheduled for tomorrow in Perth will not now go ahead.

  4. 101 cases in Aberdeen clusterpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 7 August 2020
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    Turning to the Aberdeen outbreak, Nicola Sturgeon confirms 101 cases are now associated with the cluster.

    This is an increase of 22 on yesterday. Ms Sturgeon said 333 close contacts had been traced and this number is expected to rise.

  5. 43 new confirmed casespublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 7 August 2020
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    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms a further 43 people have tested positive for Covid-19 bringing the total to 18,890.

    That’s 0.9% of those who were newly tested yesterday.

    Of these, 27 of the 43 are in the Grampian area but again it is unclear how many are connected to the Aberdeen outbreak.

    A further 5 cases are in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area.

    262 patients are in hospital with a confirmed case (down 8), with 4 being treated in intensive care.

    No deaths were registered in the last 24 hours of people who tested positive, meaning the total remains at 2,491.

  6. WATCH: First minister's daily briefingpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's daily coronavirus briefing will start at 12.15.

    It is available on BBC One and the BBC Scotland channel.

    You can also watch through this page by clicking the play icon at the top.

  7. Aberdeen's game with St Johnstone off after two positive testspublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    Aberdeen's Scottish Premiership match away to St Johnstone has been postponed after two of the visitors' players tested positive for Covid-19.

    Six other players from the Pittodrie club have been forced to self-isolate after coming within "close proximity" in an Aberdeen pub on Saturday.

    The game at McDiarmid Park was due to take place at 12:30 on Saturday.

    It is the second weekend of fixtures after last season's Premiership was halted because of the pandemic.

  8. Forbes calls for more borrowing powerspublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    As the chancellor visited Glasgow, Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said on Twitter she doubted his understanding of the urgency for more fiscal powers for the Scottish Parliament - something that has been requested several times during the pandemic.

    Ms Forbes said most of the new powers sought would not cost the Treasury a penny, and claimed Mr Sunak therefore "either doesn't care... or it's purely a political position".

    Constitution Secretary Mike Russell has said extending the borrowing powers of the Scottish Parliament could lead to the furlough scheme in Scotland continuing past the October cancellation date.

    In response, Mr Sunak said: "I strongly want our fiscal framework to work well, and we're happy to be constructive on that.

    "The fiscal framework is big and important and should only be changed after a proper process, that process is due to happen, I think, next year."

    He said the issues would be approached "constructively".

  9. Sunak says now is not time to discuss independencepublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

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    UK chancellor Rishi Sunak is on a visit to Scotland.

    Following a visit to generator manufacturers Peak Scientific in Glasgow on Friday morning, Mr Sunak said now was not the time to discuss Scottish independence.

    He said he believed Scotland was one of the UK's "power brands" in the tourism sector and could drive the recovery of the whole country.

    The chancellor - the fourth UK Cabinet minister to visit Scotland in recent weeks - also said new fiscal powers for the Scottish Parliament should be decided in a "proper way" through a review of the fiscal framework. That is the agreement between the UK and Scottish governments on funding arrangements.

    Mr Sunak said: "I don't think now is the time to be talking about these constitutional questions, I think everyone's sole focus and my sole focus right now is doing what we can to protect people's jobs and their livelihoods at what is an incredibly difficult time for our economy."

  10. Aberdeen cluster: What do we know so far?published at 11:49 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

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    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's briefing will give the latest details on the Aberdeen outbreak.

    Here is what we know:

    • The number of coronavirus cases linked to the outbreak in Aberdeen is 79
    • Two Aberdeen FC players have tested positive for Covid-19 and a further six players who have been in close proximity to them are self-isolating.
    • More than 228,000 people living in the city have been told they should not enter each other's homes or travel more than five miles for leisure - and should not go on holiday.
    • The cluster has been linked to pubs and restaurants in the city - which have all been told to close for at least seven days as part of the local lockdown measures.
  11. Scottish government briefing coming up...published at 11:43 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

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    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will begin her daily briefing at 12:15.

    She will confirm the latest statistics, including those relating to the outbreak in Aberdeen.

    Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop and Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith will join her for the briefing.

  12. Good morningpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

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    Good Morning and welcome to our coverage of the first minister's daily briefing.

    Thursday saw Aberdeen experience its first full day under local lockdown as the number of cases linked to the cluster continued to rise.

    Here's what happened: