• Nicola Sturgeon says vaccine numbers achieved in extreme weather is "nothing short of extraordinary"
• The number of people who have received their first vaccine dose is now 985,569 after 57,447 jabs yesterday - the second highest daily total so far

• The first minister also highlights further steps to increase testing and the adoption of strict travel restrictions

• The number of Covid patients in hospital has dropped by 76 to 1,542 - which is just 22 above the peak of last spring - with 113 people in intensive care
• A further 50 people who tested positive have had their deaths registered, taking the total by that measure to 6,551.
• A further 803 people have tested positive for Covid-19, which is 4.8% of the total number of tests carried out

• The number of people who caught Covid-19 in hospital was higher than at any other time during the pandemic in the week ending 17 January, latest figures show
• New guidance on the reintroduction of care home visits will be published "imminently"

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Patrick Harvie calls for greater protection for people renting their home during the pandemic.

The Scottish Greens co-leader says there needs to be "serious action to tackle out-of-control rent rises".

He argues Rent Pressure Zones have failed and asks what more can be done to prevent people running up unmanageable debt.

The first minister accepts there is more that can be done on this front.

Ms Sturgeon says the Greens and the government deserve credit for what has been achieved.

She does not close her mind to doing more here, she adds.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie asks about care home residents separated from their families for months "just when they needed them most".

Will families be allowed in for visiting by mid-Februray when immunity takes hold?

Nicola Sturgeon says she "very much hopes" to reach that position soon.

New guidance is being worked on now, and it will be published imminently, the first minister says.

“This is the Jackie Baillie who is not pre-judging the outcome…” jokes Ms Sturgeon.

She goes on to say the women involved in this have written to say the committee process is now letting them down as well.

The first minister adds she hopes the committee will use the powers that are available to it, to ensure that everybody relevant sits before the committee to give evidence.

When the committee and James Hamilton’s inquiry are published, she will set out what she intends to do.

“I do not believe I breached the ministerial code.”

Ms Sturgeon adds: "I am entitled to due process like everyone else."

Jackie Baillie says, as a member of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Complaints, she will not pre-judge the outcome before the first minister gives evidence next week.

The Scottish Labour interim leader says it does appear government procedures were deeply flawed and two women were let down by the process.

She points out Nicola Sturgeon is subject to a referral for a potential breach of the ministerial code being investigated by James Hamilton QC.

Ms Baillie asks the first minister: "If she is found to have breached the ministerial code, will she resign?"

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The SNP's Joanna Cherry has said her party is in "unprecedented" turmoil.

The MP was sacked from her party's frontbench in Westminster last week, and sources within the SNP said she had been a disruptive influence.

But writing in the New Statesman, external, Ms Cherry pointed to problems within the party itself.

"The turmoil in the SNP is unprecedented," she said.

"But I'm comforted by the knowledge that the party is bigger than any individual, and we are strong enough to withstand this".

• Read more here
• Cherry dropped in SNP frontbench reshuffle
• What is the Salmond and Sturgeon row all about?
• Holyrood inquiry to continue without Salmond

Ruth Davidson continues to question Nicola Sturgeon about her meetings and phone calls with Alex Salmond once she learned about the Scottish government investigation into complaints made against the former first minister.

As it was a government matter, why did the first minister set up meetings and phone calls without an official present or a record taken, Ms Davidson asks.

Nicola Sturgeon says everything Ruth Davidson claims to be revealing has already been set out in her written evidence to the committee.

She says her date to appear before the inquiry has been postponed two or three times, but she hopes to appear before it next Tuesday morning.

It is important to subject myself and the government to scrutiny, says the first minister, and tackle head-on "some of the ridiculous conspiracies that people like Ruth Davidson have been all too quick to indulge".

Ruth Davidson says Peter Murrell’s evidence conflicts with the first minister, and only one can be right.

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives in Holyrood says she is going to share evidence the committee won’t publish, even though it is already in the public domain.

Alex Salmond has said the first minister set up a meeting in her home on 14 July, and she called him on 18 July to discuss the ongoing situation. Did the permanent secretary know about these meetings before they happened, asks Ms Davidson.

Nicola Sturgeon says she has already set out an account of the dates she spoke with Mr Salmond and will talk about that in front of the committee inquiry next week.

"I have had accusations levelled at me for two years and I have not been able to answer them yet", she says. "It is not me who is refusing to sit in front of the committee", she adds, saying she will "relish" her appearance.

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MSPs investigating the Scottish government's botched handling of complaints against Alex Salmond will now have to do so without questioning the former first minister, after the two sides failed to come to an agreement.

With only weeks left for the committee to take evidence and members unable to hear from a key witness, where does this leave the inquiry?

Click here for our colleague Philip Sim's analysis.

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Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives in Holyrood, starts by saying SNP chief executive Peter Murrell may have committed perjury by changing his story under oath to the Alex Salmond inquiry.

She asks the first minister if Mr Murrell told the truth under oath?

Yes he did, says the first minister, who says her husband is perfectly capable of standing up for himself.

Ms Sturgeon says she will relish the opportunity to give her side of the matter to the inquiry next Tuesday, if her appearance is not postponed again.

It is no surprise that opposition parties are trying to "damage" Mr Murrell, she says, because they know how integral he has been to SNP election wins. That motive is "very transparent", she adds.

The first minister ends, as ever, by stressing the importance of following the lockdown restrictions and FACTS.

Below is a reminder:

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, external except for essential purposes.

Here's the six new lockdown rules can be found here.

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.

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The first minister highlights further steps to increase testing and the adoption of strict travel restrictions.

Scotland's transport secretary has said he is pressing the UK government to close a loophole which could allow travellers to avoid new Covid quarantine rules.

Michael Matheson told BBC Scotland the current UK arrangements for enforced isolation in hotels were "inadequate".

New UK quarantine rules only apply to people arriving from 33 countries deemed "high risk", external, but Scotland's apply to all international travellers.

The first minister goes into more detail about who has received the first dose of vaccine:

• 99.8% of residents in older people's care homes
• at least 96% of people over 80 in the community
• 80% of 75 to 79-year-olds
• 45% of 70 to 74-year-olds.

Ms Sturgeon says Scotland remains on course to vaccinate everyone over 70 and all people with a serious clinical vulnerability by mid-February.

The Scottish government is accelerating the vaccination of 65 to 69-year-olds.

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The first minister turns to the vaccination programme and says 985,569 people have received their first dose by this morning.

Ms Sturgeon explains that is an increase of 57,447, which is the second highest daily total so far.

Given the severe weather conditions, that figure is "nothing short of extraordinary" says the first minister.

"My thanks go to everyone who made it happen, those running the programme across the country and of course those braving the elements to get the jag."

There are 1,542 patients in hospital with a confirmed case (down 76), just 22 above the peak last spring, which is "positive", says Ms Sturgeon.

There are 113 people being treated in intensive care (up one).

A further 50 people who tested positive have had their deaths registered, taking the total by that measure to 6,551.

Nicola Sturgeon begins by outlining the latest Scottish government figures, which show a further 803 people have tested positive for Covid-19.

That is 4.8% of the total number of tests carried out.

This takes the total number of positive cases in Scotland to 188,345.