Here are the headlines from today's briefing and around Scotland:

• 961 people test positive for Covid-19 in last 24 hours,17.1% of those newly tested yesterday
• The number of people in hospital with a confirmed case rises by 38 to 487
• New rules on visiting residents in care homes are unveiled
• The first minister says the early anecdotal evidence shows compliance with tougher restrictions is generally good

• A Scottish ‘tiering framework’ will be introduced aligned to the rest of the UK as much as is possible says Sturgeon
• The first minister hopes to never see the Louisa Jordan being used to treat Covid-19 patients
• Scottish Conservative party leader calls for more clarity on business support

• A ward at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has closed to new admissions, external after a number of Covid 19 cases

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Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said confusion in the hospitality trade over the latest restrictions was the fault of the Scottish government.

He told BBC Scotland: "What I felt was lacking today was any greater clarity on the support available to businesses affected by this.

“We still don’t know what the Scottish government view is on what is a cafe or a restaurant.”

Mr Ross claimed the roll-out of the hospitality lockdown had been a "farce".

Dr Christine Tait-Burkard from the University of Edinburgh tells the programme the science behind restricting people getting together is relatively straight forward.

Close contact for 15 minutes leads to a high chance of contracting Covid-19, the academic points out, hence the restrictions on hospitality.

The major approach is not mixing with other households which was introduced two weeks ago and hopefully the benefits of that will be seen soon, she adds.

Dr Tait-Burkard believes the restrictions and school holiday were always intended as a sort of circuit breaker to help decrease transmission.

She points out the positivity rate is really high and must be brought down and Test and Protect is stretched to the limit.

We have to learn to live with this virus and bring down the rate of increase in the hospital infection rate, she stresses, adding more asymptomatic testing will be essential.

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As NHS Nightingale hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate are being told to get ready to take patients, the first minister is asked whether a similar call is being made for the Louisa Jordan temporary hospital in Glasgow.

Nicola Sturgeon says there are no current plans for hospital to be used for coronavirus patients.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman added that Louise Jordan "remains there if we need to" and can be "stood up" very quickly.

The hospital is currently being used to clear the backlog of minor surgeries resulting from the pandemic.

Gordon Chree from STV asks if she is saddened people view what she says through a party political prism rather than as a public health emergency.

He also asks what the strategic aim will be over the year to come.

The first minister says she thinks the vast majority of people see this through a "public health prism" and she stresses she tries to avoid political or constitutional contexts for her decisions.

"This is a public health challenge," she insists.

"We'll get through it better and stronger if we just try to cut each other a bit of slack sometimes."

Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith says he thinks we will be living with the virus for years to come, but not as we are just now.

Treatments and vaccines will evolve and the approach will change to allow us to live with Covid-19 despite being endemic, he adds.

BBC Scotland's David Henderson asks if it is all but inevitable we will soon need tighter restrictions lasting months over the winter.

He asks if pubs and restaurants across Scotland will be able to reopen in two weeks time, or has that timetable already been taken over by events.

"No I don't think tighter restrictions than the ones we have in place right now in Scotland are inevitable," replies the first minister.

She does point out that in a pandemic nothing can be ruled out.

Ms Sturgeon insists the timetable has not been taken over by events and these are "temporary reset restrictions" to stop the virus spiralling out of control.

The restrictions are intended to be lifted after the two week period to be replaced by the strategic framework with tiers of intervention to allow a flexible response, she adds.

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Ms Freeman said she hoped the care visit changes would give relatives and residents the “opportunity for greater and more meaningful contact”.

The health secretary acknowledged striking the “balance of safety with the need for family and visitor contact” had been a difficult one to strike.

The new arrangements have been made after consultation with the care sector and care home residents' family members.

Ms Freeman said she was confident that visitors would do their utmost to ensure the new set-up will be a success.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has unveiled new rules on visiting residents in care homes.

The changes include:

• The time limit on indoor visits will increase from 30 minutes to four hours.
• Up to six visitors from two households, including children, will be able to attend outdoor visits for up to one hour.
• Visitors will be allowed to hold hands with residents as long as they stick to strict virus control rules.
• Visitors will be allowed to bring to bring residents' belongings to them as well as gifts.

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The first minister concludes, as ever, by calling on people to follow FACTS

The first minister points out government measures can't work on their own and "we all need to play our part in getting and keeping the virus under control".

Ms Sturgeon makes a special plea to everybody to continue to stick to the guidance and rules and not be tempted to cut corners.

She points out every time someone does, the opportunity for the virus to spread is given.

The virus is spreading too quickly from household to household at the moment so she asks us not to visit people in other households.

She goes over the Scottish government's tougher coronavirus restrictions across the country.

The first minster says she is not calling on people to cancel holiday plans but to avoid unnecessary travel.

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The first minister details further government action in the coming days:

• New regulations to extend the mandatory use of face covering in staff canteens and work places will be introduced.
• Strengthened advice on self-isolation will be introduced to increase compliance.
• There will also be more sectoral advice.
• The testing strategy will be reviewed, including looking at asymptomatic testing.

Ms Sturgeon tells the briefing she has just participated in a Cobra meeting where the UK government's proposal for a three tier alert system for England was the focus.

The first minister says the Scottish government will look at this system very closely.

The Scottish government intends to develop Scotland's own tiering framework and this will be taken to parliament after recess.

She says Scotland will try to align with the other nations in the UK as much as possible.

Ms Sturgeon says she wants to use the next two weeks to secure a longer term benefit for Scotland and create more resilience.

The first minister says the early anecdotal evidence shows compliance with the new rules has generally been good.

Ms Sturgeon says: "These new restrictions are tough for everybody and they are tough for businesses particularly in the hospitality sector."

She adds they are vital to slow the increase in cases, bring it back under control and stem the number of hospital admissions.

"It's really important everyone sticks with them."

A total of 487 patients are in hospital with a confirmed case (up 38), with 36 being treated in intensive care (up one).

The first minister stresses rising hospital admissions was a factor to bring in temporary restrictions last week.

No additional deaths were registered in the last 24 hours of people who tested positive.

However Ms Sturgeon reminds us registration offices are largely closed on a Sunday so that is not unexpected.

Since the last briefing on Friday six additional deaths have been reported.

The total number of deaths by that measure is now 2,550.