The latest review of Scotland's Covid-19 restriction levels will be announced at Holyrood shortly.

All 32 local authority areas have had their situation assessed by politicians and public health officials.

The first minister said levels for all areas including Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire would be considered.

Nicola Sturgeon is due to get to her feet around 2.20pm, first though backbench MSPs will ask ministers three topical questions.

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Another busy day at Holyrood lies ahead, with the first minister due to update MSPs on the latest review of coronavirus restriction levels.

Here's the Scottish Parliament's schedule:

• 2.05pm Topical questions on Brexit, Scotland's drug deaths and the financing of the police
• 2.20-3.05pm Ministerial Statement: COVID-19
• 3.05-3.45 pm Ministerial Statement: Drug Deaths
• 3.45-6.30pm Stage 1 Debate: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
• 6.30pm Decision Time
• 6.30pm Members' Business — Establishing New No Take Zones

A new regional testing hub has opened in Glasgow with hopes of processing up to 24,000 samples per day.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman officially opened the site, which began work on Tuesday, saying it will be a "huge part" of increasing testing capacity in Scotland not just to deal with Covid-19, but for other testing needs in the future.

The Thermofisher Scientific Amplitude testing systems, which are among the first in Europe, can process 3,000 tests each during a 12-hour period.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde took just three months to refurbish the site, in a space at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service site on the Gartnavel General Hospital campus.

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Nicola Sturgeon will shortly make a statement at Holyrood on her government's review of Scotland's Covid-19 restriction levels.

At today's level review it is not clear if any changes will be made as we approach Christmas.

Larry Flanagan is the general secretary of the EIS teaching union, and told Good Morning Scotland he'd like to see schools move online for the end of term: "Moving to remote learning platforms for those last few days would be consistent with the government messaging around trying to reduce social mixing in the run up to Christmas."

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The latest review of Scotland's Covid-19 restriction levels will be announced at Holyrood later.

All 32 local authority areas will have their situation assessed by politicians and public health officials.

It could be the last review before the five-day Christmas easing of restrictions begins on 23 December.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said levels for all areas including Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire would be considered.

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If it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) vaccine panel, it could become the second coronavirus vaccine to be approved in the US.

It comes one day after Americans across the country began receiving jabs of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Unlike the Pfizer vaccine, the Moderna shot does not require ultra cold storage during shipping.

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• The first minister is preparing to announce the level of restrictions each council area will face over the coming weeks, after the weekly review in cabinet this morning
• Nicola Sturgeon has warned a new variant of coronavirus identified in parts of England is "a potentially concerning development"
• Ms Sturgeon says she'll consider if any additional precautions are required as a result of the new variant

• Two leading medical journals have said the UK's plan to ease Covid rules over Christmas is a "rash decision" that will "cost many lives"
• People in the poorest areas are most likely to be severely ill with and die from Covid-19 than those in wealthier areas, a study has suggested
• Scotland's economy may take three years to return to pre-pandemic levels if the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine is slow, researchers say
• The unemployment rate in Scotland has fallen slightly over the latest quarter and remains below the UK rate, figures show

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Good afternoon and welcome to BBC Scotland's rolling coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic on Tuesday 15 December 2020.

The first minister is preparing to announce the level of restrictions each council area will face over the coming weeks.