Summary

  • A further 734 positive cases have been recorded and is 7.6% of all tests. There were 213 positives in Greater Glasgow and Clyde; 135 in Lothian and 95 In Lanarkshire

  • Nicola Sturgeon urges all secondary pupils to download the test and protect app which has so far notified 20,000 people about self isolating

  • Care home residents across Scotland begin receiving the coronavirus vaccine today

  • There is a warning from the Scottish Care chief executive that the vaccine rollout will be a slow process

  • Ms Sturgeon says that because we can meet up in a limited way at Christmas, it is not something we have to do. She adds that meeting up in households is not risk free

  • The first minister warns people in Scotland not to have "office parties" and generally to limit contacts ahead of Christmas

  1. Welcomepublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2020

    The Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine must be stored at a temperature of -70CImage source, Getty Images
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    The Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine must be stored at a temperature of -70C

    Welcome to the BBC's rolling coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic in Scotland on Monday 14 December 2020.

    Care home residents across Scotland have begun receiving the coronavirus vaccine.