Face masks are no longer legally required in Scotland in indoor public spaces and public transport from today.
The wearing of face masks has become guidance as of Monday, April 18, with the Scottish Government confirming, the final decision last week.
Meanwhile people without covid symptoms of the virus are no longer being asked to take regular lateral flow tests as of April 18 as part of changes to the test and protect system.
Free lateral flow devices (LFDs) for twice weekly routine testing are also no longer available for the general population.
However the tests will continue to be free for any purpose for which testing continues to be advised - for clinical care, health and social care workers and for people visiting vulnerable individuals in care homes or hospitals.
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon previously said she was confident people will continue to wear face masks, even as mandatory rules were scrapped.
Speaking to the PA news agency on Saturday, the First Minister said: "I'm not saying every single person will (continue to wear masks), people will make their own decisions.
"But I think, just as the vast majority of people have abided by all that we've asked of them over the last two years - not because politicians have been asking or the law necessarily has required it - because people understand that the best way to protect themselves and protect those they love is to abide by these really sensible, basic precautions against the spread of a virus.
"We can't keep things in law beyond a point where that is deemed to be proportionate, so we will move the face covering requirement out of law and into guidance."
It comes after Police Scotland confirmed they had received a complaint about the First Minister after footage showed her apparently breaching the country's covid face mask law while on the council election campaign trail.
A weekly Covid-19 survey produced by the Office for National Statistics found that around one in every 17 people in Scotland had Covid-19 in the week up to April 9, a drop on recent weeks.
Until the end of April, people with symptoms should still isolate and get a PCR test.
From April 30, test sites will close and people with symptoms will no longer be advised that they need to seek a test.
The public health advice for people who feel unwell will be to stay at home until they feel better, to reduce the risk of infecting other people.
