Coronavirus: Scotland takes part in minute's silence for key workers
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People across Scotland fell silent to remember key workers who have died with coronavirus
A minute's silence has been held across the UK to commemorate the frontline workers who have died with coronavirus.
More than 100 UK NHS and care staff have died with the virus, as have many transport and other key workers.
In Scotland, it is believed five health care workers have lost their lives so far, but the Scottish government has not released official figures.
The Royal College of Nursing said nobody should go to work and risk their life.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joined those taking part in commemorative events and praised health and care workers for their "extraordinary work" during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ms Sturgeon said: "It was a reminder of the selflessness of our health and care workers - choosing to treat and care for others during a time of crisis - and it was also a reminder of the government's duty to do everything we can to keep those workers safe."
The health workers who have died in Scotland
Kirsty Jones; Angie Cunningham; Catherine Sweeney and Janice Graham were all frontline health and care workers
Home care worker Catherine Sweeney is believed to have been the first front-line worker to die with the coronavirus in Scotland.
Ms Sweeney, from Dumbarton, died on 3 April in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
She was described as "a caring and generous person" who had dedicated more than 20 years of her life to being a home carer.
Nurse Janice Graham was the first NHS worker to die from coronavirus in Scotland.
The 58-year-old health care support worker and district nurse died at Inverclyde Royal Hospital on 6 April.
She was praised for her "kindness and compassion" by colleagues.
Mother-of-two Kirsty Jones had taken up a post with NHS Lanarkshire straight from school at age 17.
The 41-year-old spent much of her career working with older patients at University Hospital Wishaw and was said to be loved "due to her bubbly character".
She had taken up a new role helping on the frontline at an assessment centre in Airdrie.
After contracting Covid-19, Ms Jones died on 20 April.
Nurse Angie Cunningham died in Borders General Hospital, where she had worked, on 22 April.
She had worked with NHS Borders for more than 30 years and was described as a "much-respected and valued colleague within the hospital, providing amazing care to patients".
Other deaths include a member of staff at a care home in Dundee and a 73-year-old NHS worker who had been on sick leave when the coronavirus outbreak first emerged due to her age.
Paying tribute
The latest Health Protection Scotland (HPS) figures show that 1,332 patients in Scotland have died after a positive test for Covid-19, although the actual number of deaths is known to be far higher.
The Scottish government said it had put in place processes to ensure it was informed of coronavirus-related deaths of anyone working in health and social care settings.
It said it would try to put that information into the public domain "sensitively" but numbers were currently too low for there not to be a risk of identification.
Staff at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital observing the minute's silence
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, Ken Mackintosh, led the tributes at Holyrood
Tim Bennison, head of spiritual care, at Forth Valley Royal in Larbert leads NHS staff in a minute's silence
A minute's silence at Glasgow's Queen Street station
Staff at the air ambulance depot at Glasgow Airport stood, heads bowed, to mark the occasion
Staff at Glasgow Royal Infirmary stop momentarily to remember their UK colleagues who have died with Covid-19