BBC Scotland has performed a U-turn and confirmed it will continue to show Nicola Sturgeon's daily media briefing on TV.
The national broadcaster had faced criticism from politicians and members of the public after it initially suggested it would not screen every event as standard.
The SNP leader has held regular lunchtime briefings to update the press and public on the Scottish Government's efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19 since lockdown was imposed in March.
The First Minister expressed her disappointment with the Beeb's initial announcement last week but added it was ultimately a decision for TV bosses at Pacific Quay.
But the BBC has now changed course and confirmed it will continue to show the briefing each day.
The broadcaster announced that "with the pandemic still a major cause for public concern, we will, over the coming weeks and as we have done this week, look to cover the ScotGov health briefings live on TV".
Just last week the broadcaster had stressed it would take a "consistent approach to coverage of the various government briefings across the UK nations".
Sturgeon has insisted her daily briefings are not intended as political set-pieces but are instead meant to offer straightforward updates on the battle against coronavirus.
Opposition parties have previously shared their concern the events were descending into political point-scoring, a charge denied by the First Minister.
Defending the briefings last week, Sturgeon said: "We are clearly at a point where the virus is accelerating again as we go into winter.
"So it becomes more important, not less important to continue that very direct communication.
"What has struck me during the period these briefings have been televised, is they have been particularly important among some sections of the population who don't routinely go on the internet or watch things on their phone - and that tends to be older people."
Ian Small, head of corporate affairs at BBC Scotland, had this week claimed the briefings did not always contain “crucial” information.
Appearing on BBC Scotland radio, Small was asked if decisions to stop screening the briefings had contributed to a wider loss of trust in the broadcaster.
Small said: “Let’s be absolutely clear on that, that we are not removing the coronavirus briefings, simply not true.
“If you’ve been watching this week, they are on all of this week, what we have said is that we’ve taken a decision that we will look across all of our output, we’ll look at these briefings, and we will then start to consider, which, as we move forward, which we will take relative to news value because not everyone will carry crucial bits of information.”
