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Ms Sturgeon says we face a potentially very serious situation and she confirms there are now six cases of coronavirus, which she expects to rise - possibly very rapidly - in the days to come.

"We are still in what is called the containment phase", she says.

If the public follow the advice we can have a degree of success in limiting the spread, she adds.

"It looks increasingly unlikely that we will be able to contain this outbreak indefinitely."

The first minister says it is likely we will move into the delay phase of the virus, with the focus very much on seeking to slow down the spread.

She adds it is important we are informed by scientific advice and this may lead to difficult decisions having to be taken.

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Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw says the coronavirus has spread to Scotland and the first minister can be sure she will have his party's support to tackle it.

Mr Carlaw praises the first minister for working with the UK government in response to the health threat.

He says there are testing centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh and asks if they will meet all of the demand for testing in the coming days.

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Three more patients have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland.

Chief Medical Officer for Scotland Dr Catherine Calderwood has confirmed the new cases of COVID-19, bring the total number of cases to six.

The patients are currently clinically well and are receiving appropriate clinical care.

They are from the Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Grampian areas. All three new cases are contacts of known cases.

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Here's the full list of general questions., external

SNP MSP Stuart McMillan asks for confirmation the UK will continue with some kind of Erasmus+ scheme.

Mr Jack confirms today is that we are in discussion with the EU about schemes like Erasmus.

The Scottish secretary says: "I think Erasmus has enormous benefits."

If agreement is not reached on it he will press hard on a similar scheme.

The session draws to a close.

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Asked about the Ireland-Scotland bridge idea, Mr Jack explains: "It's not a bridge that I'm keen on, it's a tunnel."

"The bridge for me is a euphemism for a link, which is a tunnel."

It would be less expensive to tunnel it the Scottish secretary says, adding before a tunnel can be created there will need to be an upgrade of the A77.

This link would make it much easier and quicker to get from Glasgow or Carlisle to Belfast he explains.

There are much longer tunnels in China the Scottish secretary states.

He says the tunnel is at the discussion stage, having pointed out it would be the same distance as the Channel Tunnel.

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Scotland's transport minister has branded the UK's government's proposed bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland a £20bn "vanity project".

Michael Matheson criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson for not consulting Holyrood before announcing officials were looking into the idea.

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Ms McAlpine says the committee has asked Priti Patel to appear before the committee and she hopes to hear the Home Office's view at first hand.

Lib Dem MSP Beatrice Wishart says the Scottish secretary said there would be no trade-off of fisheries against any other priority.

Ms Wishart asks if the UK will give access to UK waters to get a better deal for financial services.

Mr Jack says we will give access to our waters as an independent state, but we aren't trading off access to our waters for financial services or anything else.

SNP MSP Annabelle Ewing asks what impact Alister Jack had on the immigration policy paper.

The Scottish secretary says there are many merits with a points-based system, but he did raise concerns about sectors like hospital and tourism.

I am continuing to work on a solution for that, he adds.

Gillian McGregor says there are different challenges throughout the different nations of the UK.

The proposals put forward by the Scottish government were not dismissed out of hand, she insists.

Mr Jack says after meeting with stakeholders it is clear there is no appetite for for immigration to be devolved and it will not be devolved.

Ms McAlpine asks who will provide the funding to upgrade the old port at Stranraer in the event of no-deal.

The Scottish government has said it could repurpose the old port as a lorry park.

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The Scottish secretary points out the resilience plan is still to use the very large car parks at the former ferry terminal.

In terms of paying for any work required for that, he says money has been given for Brexit planning and highlights the first tranche of £137m has been allocated to the Scottish government.

"It's not derelict, it's got weeds on it," he adds.

Green MSP Ross Greer asks about border checks between Northern Ireland and GB.

He says to eliminate any chance of a land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, there must be checks into the Great Britain if we are outside the customs union.

Alister Jack says we are confident we can do this electronically.

Mr Greer says even if this is possible, this needs to be in place by the end of the year.

That is only for goods traveling to the Republic, says Mr Jack, and he adds even this will only be needed if we do not secure a Canada-style trade deal.

Mr Greer asks for confirmation the UK government will pay for any infrastructure required.

My expectation is that would be the case, replies Mr Jack, but he can't confirm that.

Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton says the food and drink industry want to keep tariffs to a minimum. She also asks about CETA's protection of geographical indicators.

The EU's agreement with Canada is called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or Ceta for short.

Ceta gets rid of most, but not all, tariffs (that's taxes on imports) on goods traded between the EU and Canada. Tariffs remain on poultry, meat and eggs.

• What does Ceta do?

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Nick Leake from the Scotland Office replies in the context of CETA, it is a very small area where tariffs are retained.

Mr Leake points out neither the UK and the EU want tariffs and the UK government does not think it is obvious why there should be any tariffs.

The EU side always talk about zero tariffs, he adds.

You seem to have put an awful lot of eggs in this Canada basket, says Kenny Gibson.

The SNP MSP points to comments made yesterday by Jackson Carlaw about the immigration system.

Mr Jack says the solution he has in mind will make it easier for sectors who have raised concerns, though he says he will not set this out now as it is a "work in progress".

He says the points-based immigration system will result in higher salaries and "I make no apology for that", adding people involved in the fish processing sector should be paid a wage that "beginning with a 2 rather than beginning with a 1".

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BACKGROUND: The UK government's plans for immigration would be "devastating" for Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has claimed.

The Home Office has set out plans for a post-Brexit system which would not give visas to low-skilled workers.

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The UK has warned the EU it will walk away from trade talks in June unless there is a "broad outline" of a deal.

Michael Gove told MPs the UK wanted to strike a "comprehensive free trade agreement" in 10 months.

But the government would not accept any alignment with EU laws as the EU is demanding, with Mr Gove adding: "We will not trade away our sovereignty."

The EU has already set out its priorities ahead of the formal start of the talks on Monday.

The government haspublished a 30-page document, externaloutlining its priorities for the talks.

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