Nicola Sturgeon blasted hundreds of anti vaccine campaigners who protested in Glasgow demanding for an end to lockdown.
The First Minister tweeted her fury as photographs of protesters holding signs declaring Covid to be a hoax went viral across the internet.
She wrote: "The juxtaposition of this and the catastrophe unfolding in India is quite upsetting.
"Covid is not a hoax - as more than 10,000 grieving families in Scotland know, it is very real.
"Thankfully, things are getting better here & restrictions are easing - but we must still take care."
Hundreds of people gathered in Glasgow city centre and chanted "freedom" while holding signs that read "no mandatory vaccines" and the "vaccine is not placebo safety tested".
Crowds were not socially distanced and many were spotted without face masks.
Police mounted on horses were present at the protest.
No arrests were made.
India has reported a global daily record of more than 314,000 new infections as a surge in the virus overwhelms the fragile health care system there.
The latest figures for Scotland showed that 177 new cases had been identified overnight, with a further four people dying from the virus in the last 24 hours.
