MSPs have been ordered to wear face coverings when walking around inside the Holyrood building.
It follows tighter coronavirus restrictions announced by the First Minister last week amid a significant rise in infections across Scotland.
Holyrood is in recess until October 25 but a message sent by the Scottish Parliament to MSP and the media said all users of the building would be required to wear masks around the building.
"The First Minister outlined plans on Wednesday to regulate on the use of face coverings in indoor communal and social settings," it said.
"Once we have had the opportunity to review them and any new guidance we will assess their implications for the Holyrood campus and advise members and staff accordingly. In the meantime, we advise anyone coming on site over recess to wear a face covering when moving around or sitting in a communal area."
It added that if people forgot to bring their own face coverings to work a small supply would be available at a number of entrances to the building.
Earlier this month epidemiologist Professor Hugh Pennington said there should be a strong advisory or mandatory instruction to politicians on face coverings, amid concern that only a handful of politicians are wearing them throughout the parliament.
Pennington said: “If you go into a supermarket you should wear a mask and I don’t see why that should not be the case in all areas of Holyrood, unless MSPs are speaking.
“It would help set an example for people looking in on the parliament from elsewhere and on TV.”
Nicola Sturgeon and her deputy John Swinney are frequently filmed wearing masks as they make their way to the chamber for the weekly session of First Minister's Questions every Thursday.
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