Residents in South Lanarkshire will "almost certainly" face new coronavirus restirctions in the next few days.
At her daily coronavirus breifing on Monday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the Scottish Government were "preparing to introduce" new measures across Scotland in a bid to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
In the last week, Lanarkshire has seen another 293 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Just 176 cases were confirmed in the whole of August.
Ms Sturgeon wouldn't confirm the types of restrictions the government were considering but did say she would be speaking to Prime Minister Boris Johnston today.
A UK-wide COBRA meeting will take place and Ms Sturgeon said she was willing to allow more time before introducing any new restrictions to allow for discussions to take place between the four nations.
The First Minister said: "We are preparing to introduce a package of additional measures with the intention of bringing the R number back below one.
"I will be equally clear that the urgency of this situation means we cannot, must not, and will not, wait too long.
"Additional restrictions will almost certainly be put in place in Scotland over the next couple of days."
