Deputy First Minister John Swinney has apologised for a social media post which saw him sharing a controversial face mask graphic.
Swinney took the action after being reported to a statistics watchdog.
The Covid Recovery Secretary had been blasted for a tweet earlier this week which contained unverified claims about coverings.
One of the claims was that two mask wearers six-feet apart have zero chance of catching Covid if one is infected.
At her press briefing, Nicola Sturgeon was asked about it and said: “I think we recognise that in seeking to illustrate that we should take care to use properly verified graphics, and we'll certainly take that on board in terms of how we tweet that information in future.”
Swinney tweeted today: “I shared an image on Monday to illustrate that masks and distancing can help stop Covid transmission. I have now deleted the image as the figures in it were not verified. Sorry for that. But the message is unchanged: masks and distancing remain critical to beating this virus."
The Scottish Tories said they had reported Swinney to the UK Statistics Authority,
