• Scotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home

• Nicola Sturgeon tells MSPs that transmission of the virus appears to be declining but is still too high to ease restrictions
• The first minister hopes schools will be able to at least begin a phased return to the classroom in the middle of next month
• The level four restrictions have been in place since Boxing Day
• Meanwhile the islands of Barra and Vatersay are being moved into the top level of restrictions due to a "significant outbreak" there
• The current restrictions, which have closed non-essential shops and had a "stay at home" message in force, had been due to expire at the end of this month
• But Scottish government ministers agreed it should be extended after a cabinet meeting this morning
• Approximately 100,000 people are being vaccinated per week in Scotland
• Health teams are "on track" to expand this to 400,000 per week by the end of February
• More than 90% of care home residents have now been given a first dose, along with 70% of care home staff and 70% of all front-line health and care workers

That's all from us here on the live page today. Please take care and stay safe.

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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) believes the lockdown extension was "understandable" but its Scotland leader says the economic damage it will cause "cannot be underestimated".

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News of the extended lockdown has not been welcomed by business leaders.

Last month, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) estimated that each week of lockdown meant non-essential stores missing out on £135m of lost sales.

Since then, garden centres and homeware shops have been compelled to close too, and the government has placed curbs on retailers’ click and collect services.

The SRC says today's extension is a further blow to non-food stores who have already borne a lot during the pandemic.

It said Scottish stores were set to miss out on almost £950m of lost revenues during the current lockdown period.

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Mainland Scotland and some islands to remain under toughest coronavirus rules until at least mid-February.

Scottish LibDem leader Willie Rennie is also focused on the vaccine.

He says GP practices in Fife have cancelled vaccine appointments because there have run out of the vaccine.

He asks the first minister if she is going to admit she has a problem with distribution.

Ms Sturgeon replies with a short "No".

She says there is a challenge in drawing down the allocation of vaccines and transporting them to Scotland for further distribution.

She repeats that she is not allowed to discuss the numbers of vaccines available and says there is also a restriction with the Pfizer vaccine.

She says the Scottish government is prioritising the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for GP surgeries while the Pfizer product was used in care homes.

She adds that it would be wrong to say the programme was not progressing well and that pace would continue to increase.

Patrick Harvie says his party has been clear that full reopening of schools can only happen when it is safe to do so.

The Scottish Green Party co-leader adds that school staff, pupils and parents want to know what additional measures the government is putting in place to ensure safety.

He says supported isolation remains a priority on which both governments must improve their performance.

The first minister replies that the most important thing to get schools back safely is to supress the levels of community transmission.

All the important mitigation steps must be in place, she adds.

The first minister says lateral flow testing in schools is being looked at, as is PCR testing.

She adds that the self-isolating support grant is being looked at in terms of widening access to it.

Labour interim leader Jackie Baillie is next up and welcomes the use of the Army to help the vaccination rollout.

She asks if the first minister is confident of meeting vaccination targets. She also asks about the "patchy" distribution among GP surgeries and asks for a timescale on the GP supply.

Ms Sturgeon says she is confident targets will be met by the start of February.

She also makes the point that the JCVI initially advised the Scottish government to hold back half of the doses to do second jabs but that those are now "flowing through the system".

Ms Sturgeon says she will be "brutally blunt" and says the Scottish government published detailed estimates of supply last week but that the UK government had a "hissy fit" about it doing that.

She says her government was asked, for reasons of commercial confidentiality, to take the publication down.

She says she did not agree with the reasoning behind it, but that she complied.

Ruth Davidson leads the opposition response for the Scottish Conservatives.

She brings up the impact on parents and pupils of school closures.

She says the best way out of it is the vaccine programme, but says vaccines are slow to reach GP surgeries, and then, the public.

She reads letters from concerned constituents who are awaiting the jab, or invitations to attend for the vaccine.

She asks for an explanation from the first minister on the hold-up of vaccine supply, and after reports the NHS Louisa Jordan was closed on Sunday, asks when the vaccine will be available over seven days.

The first minister says there was a "pharmacy issue" at NHS Louisa Jordan and that from now on the operation will be over seven days.

She reiterates that the most vulnerable were protected first and says 90% of care home residents have been vaccinated - higher than numbers in England.

The first minister says that in January, 100,000 vaccines were expected to be completed and they have achieved and increased that, working towards 400,000 a week.

She adds that the four nations are working to a different order but are following the same targets.

As the first minister's statement draws to a close she asks everyone to "please stick to the letter – and also the spirit – of the lockdown".

She says we should be thinking every day about how we can reduce our interactions as far as we can, to remove as many opportunities as possible for the virus to spread.

She says the restrictions are working and she asks people to "please, stick with it".

Here's a reminder of the restrictions and guidance:

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

From Tuesday 5 January, mainland Scotland moved from Level 4 to a temporary lockdown, with new guidance to stay at home , externalexcept for essential purposes. Some islands remain at Level 3, external.

2. Postcode checker , externalfor Covid restrictions by protection level in areas of Scotland

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

The first minister says going out to exercise should be just that, not going out to socialise in a park or on a beach.

"So please - stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives," she says.

She calls on people to work from home if they can and to follow the FACTS advice.

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The first minister says: "There will be a continued need for all of us to play our part in suppressing transmission in the ways we have been doing for the last few months.

"Obviously, I hope this will not entail the strictest form of lockdown for too much longer, but some mitigations - for example, physical distancing, hygiene, face coverings, possibly travel limitations - are likely to be necessary for some time yet."

She adds: "We do now have hope, more so than at any time since the start of this pandemic, of a path to much greater domestic normality - something that all of us crave.

"For now, progressing along that path requires continued discipline and sacrifice."

The first minister says: "We then aim to complete first doses for everyone who is over 65 by the start of March, and to give first doses to everyone on the JCVI priority list by early May.

"That means presiding officer that in around three months’ time, around three million people in total will have received at least the first dose of the vaccine - this is, of course, the majority of the adult population and includes everyone over the age of 50, and many younger people with an underlying health condition.

"The rest of the adult population will follow after that just as quickly as supplies allow."

"Our pace of progress in the over-80s group is also now picking up," says Ms Sturgeon.

"We estimate that between 15% and 20% have already had the first dose and we are on track for all over-80s - and everyone else in JCVI groups 1 & 2 - to have been offered the first dose by the start of February.

"By the middle of February, we expect to have completed first doses for all over-70s, and for all those who are clinically extremely vulnerable."

The first minister adds: "People in these groups will start to receive appointments for February in the coming days."

Jamie McIvor
BBC Scotland education correspondent

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It had become clear that schools would not be reopening on 1 February.

The situation will be reviewed on 2 February and the first minister says she hopes a phased return from the middle of next month will be possible.

One question may be whether primary school children could go back full time while secondaries move from remote to blended learning.

But if this doesn't happen and so-called "remote learning" continues after mid-February it is likely to prove controversial.

Ultimately though, the decision on reopening schools will be based on the progress in the fight against coronavirus.

And it is certainly clear that the return to the classroom will be one of the top priorities. Shops or hairdressers certainly won't reopen before schools.