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Claire McKim

Coronavirus Scotland LIVE: Phase 2 plans take step forward as death toll rises

All today's latest coronavirus in Scotland news as the country prepares to enter phase two of the pandemic.

Mistakes were made by the Scottish Government from the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the leader of the Scottish Tories has said.

Jackson Carlaw's comments come in the same week as a report from academics at Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews universities suggests that "a lack of robust measures" to stop travellers from other countries entering Scotland may have "accelerated the course of the outbreak".

Of the 113 cases of coronavirus linked to travel from abroad, most were from Italy - where cases spiked earlier in the pandemic - while other cases were reported with links to Spain, Austria, Switzerland, France and England.

Mr Carlaw said: "The fact is, mistakes were made right from the start, and they continue to this day."

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