Nicola Sturgeon has announced two reports will be published next week detailing how life will look in Scotland beyond Level 0 lockdown levels.
Speaking to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, the First Minister confirmed that it was "likely" covid lockdown easing measures will halt plans to move all areas of the country to the lowest possible restrictions - Level 0 - on June 28 as previously planned.
However, Ms Sturgeon also outlined plans for the Scottish Government to publish two papers that will look at how Scotland will gradually return to normality.
She said: "We will publish two pieces of work next week that look ahead - hopefully not too far ahead - to the restoration of a much greater degree of normality.
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"This work will be of interest to everyone - but it will have particular significance for the businesses and sectors, including much of our arts and culture sector, that still face the greatest uncertainty about what the future looks like.
"Firstly, we will publish a paper setting out what we hope life will look like beyond level 0 - as we get to the point where we can lift all, or virtually all, of the remaining restrictions.
"This is important because, while we have had to pause the routemap, we do still hope that vaccination will allow us, over the summer, to move beyond level 0 and back to a much greater degree of normality."
Ms Sturgeon also confirmed that a review on current physical distancing measures would be published.
She continued: "Given the uncertainties of the current situation, we have taken a bit longer to consider this than we originally planned.
"However, I know how important this is for many businesses - in hospitality, certainly, but also for theatres and cinemas and the arts more generally - as they consider how they can operate sustainably over the medium to long term."
