Nicola Sturgeon has admitted regretting opening up international travel too quickly during lockdown last year.
Alison Johnstone of Scottish Greens asked the First Minister about an 'inevitable' third wave 'washing up on our shores' in the summer and whether she shares the same views as Prime Minister Boris Johnson - a sense of acceptance that another wave will happen.
"What progress has the Scottish Government made in urging the UK government to tighten border controls?", the Scottish Greens MSP asked the FM.
Nicola Sturgeon responded: "We cannot stand and guarantee that a third wave will not happen.
"Just wishing away the virus does not stop things becoming a reality.
"As for a third wave washing up on our shores it is not inevitable."
Nicola Sturgeon then admitted that she regretted opening up international travel 'too soon' last year but said the aviation industry was in "dire straits" and that people wanted to travel.
However, in retrospect ,she doesn't think it was the right thing to do and is determined not to repeat it.
She added: "As we suppressed the virus so hard in Scotland, we perhaps opened up international travel too quickly.
"On reflection I don't think that was the right thing to do.
"We have continued rules in place for managed quarantine for people coming into Scotland - I have tried very hard to get the UK to emulate our policy but I cannot force it upon them.
"As we approach May we must be cautious."
Today seven deaths of coronavirus patients have been recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours, according to the latest official figures.
There were 495 new cases in the same period with a daily test positivity rate of 3.6%, down slightly from 3.7% on Monday.
