The idea of people in Scotland having a normal Christmas in 2020 is "fiction", the national clinical director says.
We will return on Friday with all the details of the new system of restrictions for Scotland, the new Covid testing strategy and all the headlines from the daily briefing.
Scottish Greens co-leader Alison Johnstone says she gave the first minister evidence as far back as April showing that testing asymptomatic people means you can reduce transmission of the virus by a third.
Alison Johnstone MSP, the co-leader of the Scottish Greens, tells BBC One Scotland that the fact there are 17 more reported deaths and increases in hospital admissions is "incredibly sad" news and "deeply concerning".
functioning test and trace system", which requires investment and people knowing they can afford to self-isolate when they are asked to, Ms Johnstone adds.
Nicola Sturgeon says that even in a global pandemic, "every business and individual must operate within the rule of law", and they also have the right to challenge those laws if they choose.
More generally, the first minister says it is "entirely understandable" that people in the hospitality sector are stressed.
Ms Sturgeon wants to understand what the measures mean in terms of additional funding for the Scottish government, and says they "don't have that clarity yet".
She says discussions are planned this afternoon between the Treasury and Scottish government officials.
Ms Sturgeon says comments from clinical director Jason Leitch this morning were an attempt to be "pragmatic" and not give false assurance.
She says she wants people to be able to celebrate Christmas in as normal a way as possible during a global pandemic.
The restrictions are also in part about trying to deal decisively with an upsurge in the virus now to give ourselves the best chance of greater normality at Christmas.
Christmas this year for no country anywhere is going to be normal without any restrictions.
Scottish government: Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you can and cannot do.
The challenge Scotland faces has also been set out in an evidence paper published by senior.
The latest from NHS Scotland and the Scottish government,
Ms Sturgeon says she wants to increase Scotland's testing capacity to 65,000 a day by the end of this year
Nicola Sturgeon highlights that the Office of National Statistics (ONS) will be publishing the initial results of the Covid Infection Survey in Scotland on Friday
The survey estimates how many people in private households were infected with Covid over a two-week period up to last Friday, 16 October
The idea of people in Scotland having a normal Christmas in 2020 is "fiction", the national clinical director says
The Scottish first minster says she will not be getting into "standoffs" with councils over local restrictions
The restrictions have been tightened again in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Scotland
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