NICOLA Sturgeon will update MSPs on Scotland's efforts to tackle Covid-19 later today with a decision on the Euros fan zone expected.
The First Minister is expected to speak in Holyrood just after 2.15pm with the update due to be broadcast live.
The broadcast will be available on BBC One Scotland with analysis afterwards, and will also be available live on the Scottish Parliament website.
Euro 2020 fan zone
A decision on the Euro 2020 fan zone at Glasgow Green is expected during the update after warnings that the area could lead to a surge in Covid cases.
The 6000 capacity outdoor area for football fans to watch every Euro match of the 31-day tournament is planned to open on Friday, June 11 for the first match of the delayed tournament.
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However, businesses in the hospitality sector have said the city should not return to more stringent restrictions if the fan zone leads to a spike in cases.
Hospitality venues in Glasgow have only been allowed to serve alcohol indoors since Saturday when the city moved to level 2 and bosses are concerned that 6000 people in one area could force them back to level 3.
Vaccine roll-out
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has hailed the “enormous efforts of our vaccination teams” six months after the first Covid vaccine was administered in Scotland.
Since then, 3,386,321 people had received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination in Scotland as of Monday, while 2,251,259 have had both doses.
Hailing the milestone as a "momentous day", Yousaf said: “Three-quarters of the adult population in Scotland have received their first dose, and half are now fully vaccinated.
“We remain on track to vaccinate all over-18s with their first doses by the end of July.
“This is down to the enormous efforts of our vaccination teams up and down the country and I want to thank each and every one of them and, of course, every individual who has taken up their offer of a vaccine.”
Yousaf also added that Scotland is now in the final stages of fully vaccinating the first nine priority groups and urged everyone to take up the offer of a vaccine when it is offered.
Increasing case rates
It comes as Covid rates in Edinburgh have overtaken Glasgow for the first time since the new Delta variant first identified in India began spreading across Scotland.
The latest seven-day data shows that virus rates in the capital were 166.7 per 100,000 by June 4, compared to 156.4 per 100,000 in Glasgow which stayed in level 3 restrictions longer than any other area in Scotland.
While Glasgow's case rate has increased by 24% since May 26, it is now fifth in Scotland behind Clackmannanshire, Dundee City, South Ayrshire, and Edinburgh.
Edinburgh's case rate has more than doubled from 65.9 per 100,000 as of May 26.
South Ayrshire's virus rate has more than tripled over the same period, from 46.2 at May 26 to 178.5 per 100,000 by June 4.
They are among 13 local authority areas to be kept in level 2 restrictions to allow vaccine coverage to be extended while case rates remain high.
The level 2 areas are: Glasgow; Edinburgh; Dundee; Stirling; Midlothian; East Dunbartonshire; Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire; Clackmannanshire; North and South Lanarkshire; and North, South and East Ayrshire.
The rest of Scotland has moved to Level One, while some island communities are now at level 0.
The latest Scottish Government figures from yesterday show that there were no new deaths while 641 new cases were recorded.
The official number of deaths under this figure, of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive for the virus, remain at 7677.
There were 122 people being treated in hospital for recently confirmed Covid-19. Of these people, 12 were in intensive care.
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