Nicola Sturgeon confirms a further 1,504 people have tested positive for Covid-19. That is 6% of the total number of tests carried out.

This takes the total number of positive cases in Scotland to 113,050.

The first minister says today's higher figure could be down to a processing backlog from last week in the UK lighthouse labs.

A total of 1,078 patients are in hospital with a confirmed case (up 17), with 59 being treated in intensive care (up one).

No additional deaths have been registered with Covid in the past 24 hours, however, registration offices tend to be closed over the weekend.

In total, since Friday's briefing 44 deaths have been registered - taking the total to 4,283 deaths in Scotland by that measure.

The first minister begins by saying today's Cobra meeting will start from around 1.30pm, so this briefing will have to end by then.

Nicola Sturgeon says she will shortly turn to the announcements made at the weekend.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith and Chief Constable Iain Livingstone will be at the podium for Monday's coronavirus briefing.

That all begins at 12:15 and you can follow all the details here.

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Business leaders in Scotland have reacted to the border closure into France which is affecting freight movements.

James Withers, chief executive at Scotland Food and Drink says that "dozens" of lorries that have travelled to Dover are now stuck, which were "carrying perishable products worth millions".

He adds: "The clock is ticking for that product to survive these delays."

Tavish Scott, chief executive of Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) says: “This is the busiest week of the year with more than 150 tonnes of fresh Scottish salmon a day crossing the Channel to Europe.

"Without a resumption of trade, the Scottish salmon sector could lose £6.5m in the days before Christmas.

• France says it hopes that an EU wide agreement can be reached which will end a ban on freight traffic crossing the Channel
• Scotland's food and drink sector is calling for a rapid lifting of the blockade

• More countries have banned arrivals from the UK because of concerns at the spread of a new variant of coronavirus
• Police patrols on Scotland's borders are to be doubled but there are no plans for checkpoints or road blocks

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• Business leaders have called for an "extraordinary" package of support to keep businesses afloat as Scotland faces a looming lockdown
• Scotland's schools are "safe" andpupils due in this week should be attending says John Swinney
• Scotland's children's commissioner warns closing schools after the Christmas holidays risks harming the wellbeing of young people
• From Boxing Day the whole of mainland Scotland will be in the country's toughest tier of restrictions for at least three weeks

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Lockerbie hotelier Stephen Montgomery says the hospitality industry will need financial support as it faces closing down once more.

"Health has to come before profit, we understand that," he said.

"We have already suffered loads and loads since the first lockdown."

He called for the government to "dig even deeper" to assist the sector through the latest closure.

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The Scottish Seafood Association is calling for government aid to compensate members who it says could lose millions of pounds after France closed its border.

Chief executive Jimmy Buchan said the move was a “disaster” for companies already being hard hit by the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in March.

“Not just for the sake of SSA members, but for the millions who enjoy our world-class seafood across Europe, we call upon the French, at the very least, to allow perishable goods to flow", he said.

“We need urgent compensation for the massive losses this ill-timed move will cause.”

Mornings with Stephen Jardine
BBC Radio Scotland

One listener tells the programme his daughter is in hospital getting an emergency Caesarean delivery and asks whether he can visit her.

Prof Linda Bauld, public health expert reads out the legal exceptions in Scotland relating to child care.

She says: "To access, provide or receive childcare - also to deliver it including as a support service for parents or expectant parents. Also visiting a person receiving treatment in a hospital.

"In the law that is still permittable, I would be very cautious and ask – I know this sounds horrific – are there other alternative support mechanisms? But legally those are exceptions that are permitted."

France has said it plans to reach an EU agreeement to allow traffic to and from the UK to resume.

"In the next few hours, at European level, we're going to establish a solid health protocol to ensure that movement from the UK can resume," Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said on Monday.

The European Council of government representatives is meeting this morning to discuss a joint response to the spread of a new coronavirus strain in the UK.

A number of countries in Europe and elsewhere in the world have announced temporary bans on travel to and from the UK.

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Retailers have played down fears of immediate food shortages after France shut its borders to UK hauliers for 48 hours.

However, they warned of "serious disruption" if the blockade is prolonged.

France made the move over fears about the UK's new coronavirus variant.

Sainsbury's warned it could face "gaps" in some of its fresh food supplies within days if the UK and France failed to resolve the issue.

However Alex Veitch from Logistics UK has this message: "The reason that freight is tangled up in this is because this control on travel is on people and so freight does move in a variety of ways too and from this country and that's why we're reassuring people there's no need to panic buy and we are confident retailers are able to stock their shelves."

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BBC Radio Scotland

After one listener asked about visiting care homes in the coming weeks as the majority of Scotland goes into level four restrictions, Prof Bauld says there are "important" exceptions to bear in mind.

She says: "It’s really important that people realise that under the existing regulations you are allowed to have that kind of visit particularly on compassionate grounds.

"If someone is coming near the end of life, or in those sort of circumstances, those visits are still permitted and it is to discuss with the care home."

Find out more about level four restrictions here.

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South Scotland reporter, BBC news website

Dumfries and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray says she feels taking the region from level one to level four on 26 December is too extreme.

"In my personal view placing the whole of mainland Scotland in level four on Boxing Day is an over-reaction," she says.

"Dumfries and Galloway will have been in level one for 15 days by then and so far we have continued to meet the criteria for that level.

"It feels as if businesses in Dumfries and Galloway are being penalised for problems elsewhere in the country - many businesses must be despairing now."

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BBC Radio Scotland

Prof Linda Bauld, public health expert from the University of Edinburgh, tells Mornings with Stephen Jardine that it is not advised to meet people outside your extended household this week in the lead up to Christmas.

One listener asks if they could still meet people in a restaurant in Edinburgh.

Prof Bauld replies: "The existing levels still apply, [restaurants] have obviously got shorter opening hours. I would say to everyone though if you’re going to be forming a bubble over Christmas day, the advice from government is to not see others at the moment. This might not be the week to do it."

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A cluster of eight cases of Covid-19 has been identified at a hotel complex in the Highlands.

NHS Highland said the cluster related to a group of Christmas entertainers at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort.

The health board has written to guests and staff who had stayed or worked in the resort over the past week.

People who had taken part in the hotel's festive activities, including a Santa's grotto, have also been asked to be vigilant to the symptoms of Covid.

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BBC Radio Scotland

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One listeners asks Prof Bauld where the new strain of the virus - which has been recorded in Scotland - has come from.

Prof Bauld says: "The evidence so far is it has come from the UK. Viruses mutate all the time. It has been picked up in other countries – Denmark, Germany, even in Australia.

"But I think those were imported cases from the UK. I would sound a note of caution – because of our genomic sequencing capacity we just may have been the first to identify it and it may have come from somewhere else, we don’t quite know that yet."

Read more about what we have learned about the coronavirus here.

1. Scottish government: Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you can and cannot do, external

• read the guidance for the festive period, external

2. Postcode checker, external for COVID restrictions by protection level in areas of Scotland

3. NHS Inform, external

The latest from NHS Scotland and the Scottish government, including social distancing, face covering and stay at home advice

4. Test and Protect, external

If you have Covid-19 symptoms go immediately to NHS Inform online or phone 0800 028 2816 to book a test

5. The ready.scot, external website

It has been updated with the latest help and advice and how you can help others. The helpline number remains: 0800 111 4000

6.The Clear Your Head website, external

It's ok to not feel yourself right now, here are some tips to help get you through the pandemic.

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BBC Radio Scotland

Closing schools after the Christmas holidays risks harming the wellbeing of young people.

That's according to the Children's Commissioner Bruce Adamson -- who warns the education and mental health of pupils cannot be sacrificed.

The education secretary agrees with much of what the commissioner says and believes an extended closure would be damaging.

John Swinney told the Good Morning Scotland programme:

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Police patrols on Scotland's borders are to be doubled but there are no plans for checkpoints or road blocks.

Police Scotland's chief constable said he expected roads to be quieter in the coming days and that most people would "do the right thing".

But Iain Livingstone ruled out setting up checkpoints, saying they were not "appropriate" or "proportionate".

The first minister announced on Saturday that cross-border travel would be banned for the festive period.

• Read more here
• Lockdown looms at Scotland tightens Christmas rules

• What are the level four restrictions?