Protect Scotland app launched as coronavirus restrictions tighten

supermarkets amid fears that a second national lockdown is on its way. Pictures circulating social media show a number shelves stripped bare of some essential items, including toilet roll and kitchen roll.

Glasgow has been met with a heavy police presence after a large crowd of locals gathered in a street. Video and pictures on social media show around 100 people crowded on the street near a property on Estate Road, Carmyle, with multiple officers and a riot van in attendance.Cops descended on the gathering on Wednesday evening and remain at the scene.

lockdown restrictions are required to bring down the number of Scots who are testing positive for Covid-19 each day.Speaking to MSPs on Tuesday, she insisted this was not a return to the kind of full lockdown the public endured throughout the spring.It was instead a way of preventing the need for even more severe rules on daily life being brought in at a later date.Schools, shops and hospitality businesses will remain open.

Naman Ramachandran England has imposed a fresh set of restrictions to stall the rapid spread of coronavirus that will be valid for the next six months.The devolved administrations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales will issue their own guidelines.Those who can work from home are once again being asked to work from home, except for those professions that cannot be achieved from home.

protest has been held outside a Glasgow hospital by a Scots family unable to visit their seriously ill relative in intensive care. Tracy Donaldson, 43, and her family are demanding relatives be allowed to visit loved ones in intensive care amid tightened coronavirus restrictions.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 245 cases of coronavirus have been in reported in Scotland as the nation braces itself for further lockdown restrictions.The figures were released by the Scottish Government this afternoon just hours after Health Secretary Jeane Freeman told the BBC new measures to curtail the disease will be announced 'very shortly'.No new deaths were reported but there are currently 63 patients in

Perthshire politician wants people in the region to know what to expect if they are called by an NHS contact tracer in a bid to prevent fraud.

oldest distillery has relaunched its core whisky range with six new whiskies created by highly respected industry veteran Bob Dalgarno.

Nicola Sturgeon, has warned Scots of a “despicable” new phone scam involving callers pretending to be working for Test and Protect before asking for people’s payment details. During the daily lunchtime media briefing, the First Minister said scammers are attempting to con people by claiming that payment is needed for a coronavirus test to be accessed.

“The more people who have the app, the more it can help to slow the spread of coronavirus.”The app was downloaded more than half a million times in the first 24 hours after it went live last week.

Once downloaded, the app works in the background, using Bluetooth technology to alert people if they have been within two metres for at least 15 minutes with another app user who has tested positive for coronavirus.It also quickly alerts app users you have been in close contact with if you test positive, even if those contacts are unknown to you.People’s privacy will be protected, as the app uses encrypted anonymised codes to determine close contacts, which are deleted after 14 days.

care homes.Professor Jason Leitch was speaking on a live radio interview today about the rising number of positive tests for coronavirus north of the border and the potential impact on the social care sector.Appearing on BBC Good Morning Scotland, the national clinical director was asked if he was concerned by the situation in Scotland's care homes."Concerned in the sense I want to protect them as much as I can from this virus," he said."We've learned both in Scotland and around the world, the

coronavirus cases continues to increase. Scottish Government officials announced that 244 people tested positive for Covid-19 over a 24-hour period on Sunday.

coronavirus restrictions from Monday following a surge in new cases in recent days.The Scottish Government announced that 221 people tested positive for Covid-19 over a 24-hour period on Saturday.It is the highest daily figure recorded since May 7, when 225 positive tests were returned during the peak of the outbreak.The number of Scots allowed to gather indoors and outdoors will now reduce as the Government attempts to manage the rise in case numbers.Six people from two households will be

Protect Scotland app, according to Nicola Sturgeon. Kirsty Feerick's partner Daniel Rafferty tested positive for Covid-19 today having come down with symptoms, including a loss of taste and smell.Daniel, 26, had been feeling run down without feeling badly ill before suddenly being unable to taste or smell anything at all on Thursday.

hereEarlier today, the First Minister uged Scots to download a new 'Protect Scotland' contact tracing app - the latest tool in the fight to stop the spread of coronavirus.The symptoms of coronavirus are:But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness.The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu.always wash your hands when you get home or into workuse hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not availablecover your mouth and nose with

Renfrewshire.

greenhouse so he could continue working and still protect his family.David Young, from Caithness in the Highlands, knew how important it was to remain at work while the battle raged against coronavirus but he was also aware of the possible dangers of transmitting the virus – so he moved out of the family home into the greenhouse in his garden to allow him to continue working throughout the pandemic.His incredible commitment to his job was one of hundreds of stories being told on Friday to