A new rule has been announced for those that have come into close contact with somebody to have tested positive for coronavirus.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that as of tomorrow, the advice given to the close contacts of people to have tested positive for the virus will change.
Anybody that is traced as a close contact - or anybody that knows that they have been within close proximity to somebody that has the virus - will be required to get tested for Covid-19 themselves.
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As well as getting tested “as a matter of course”, close contacts will also be obliged to self-isolate for 10 days.
The First Minister said: “If they then test positive their contacts will be traced and more chains of transmission will be broken, so this is a further strengthening of Test and Protect.”
It comes as Scotland recorded 64 further deaths from coronavirus and 1121 new positive tests in the past 24 hours.
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