More covid restrictions are “inevitable” when the First Minister make an announcement tomorrow, Humza Yousaf the Health Secretary has said.

Nicola Sturgeon will give an update to the Scottish Parliament after the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said the booster programme will be ramped up to give a jag to all over 18s before the end of the year.

Nicola Sturgeon is likely to go further and impose preventative measures to  cope with the spread of the omicron variant.

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, Humza Yousaf said: "I think it's inevitable that we will announce additional protective measures."

The Scottish Cabinet will meet tomorrow morning before an announcement in the afternoon.

There could be restrictions on hospitality and on the number of people from different households permitted to meet indoors.

The vaccine passport scheme could be extended to cover more venues and settings.

Restrictions that impact hospitality would require cash to compensate businesses and Yousaf said the Scottish Government wanted as much support from the Treasury as possible after warning

He recognised:  "Already there has been an impact on businesses through some of the advice that has been issued."

The Health Secretary said that there will eb a knock-on effect on the NHS as efforts are made to get everyone a booster jag be the end of the year.

He added: "We're going to have to strain every sinew that we possibly can in order to ensure we meet (the target).

"That includes potentially having to move NHS staff away from other core duties to do this."

The number of daily doses being administered will need to increase from around 40,000 per day to an estimated 70,000.