Scots have been enjoying their new freedoms this week as the lockdown significantly changed for the first time this year.
Beer gardens and non-essential retail are among the businesses to welcome back customers after four months of closure during the stay at home restrictions.
The Scottish border was also once again reopened for travel to other parts of the UK.
Changes to lockdown have come as the number of coronavirus cases continue to drop up and down the country.
Nicola Sturgeon previously said that new infections have fallen by 90% compared to the winter peak we saw during January.
A large chunk of the Scottish population have also now received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The latest figures released by the Scottish Government show that almost 2.8m people have been given the jab.
And there are more changes to the lockdown scheduled to take place over the coming weeks.
A number of entertainment venues are expected to reopen and Scots could be allowed to meet each other inside their homes once again as part of the proposed dates of easing.
Hospitality is also expected to reopen further, so Scots can enjoy their drinks inside instead of out in the freezing cold.
Major events could also resume both indoors and outdoors with limits on attendance to allow for social distancing.
Here is everything we know from the Scottish Government’s current timetable out of lockdown.
Meeting friends and family inside homes
Scots are set to be given the green light to meet their friends and family inside private homes over the coming weeks.
It is expected that four people from two households will be able to socialise indoors at a private home from May 17.
Limits on numbers of expected to increase to six people from three households on June 17. It is then hoped that eight people from four households can socialise indoors from the end of June.
Alcohol inside pubs
Scots can currently only drink alcohol in a beer garden or outdoor seating area at a restaurant or cafe.
But this is expected to change on May 17, with alcohol being permitted inside a hospitality venue until 10.30pm every evening. Scots will have to book two hour time slots during this period.
The opening hours are set to be extended to 11pm, with the need for time slots and bookings taken away from June 7.
Contact sports
Non-professional sports, such as football and rugby, are scheduled to resume with full contact outdoors from May 17.
It is hoped that all sports activities, including ones based indoors, will be permitted from the end of June under the Scottish Government’s timetable out of lockdown.
Entertainment venues
Cinemas, theatres, concert halls, music venues, comedy clubs, amusement arcades and bingo halls are expected to be given the green light for opening from May 17 with restrictions on the capacity.
Events
Indoor and outdoor events, such as music concerts, are expected to resume with a number of restrictions in place from May 17.
Indoor events can go ahead with 100 people, outdoors with seating limited to 500 and outdoors free-standing allowed a maximum capacity of 250 - all subject to physical distancing requirements.
Attendance at indoor events is scheduled to double to 200, while seated events outdoors will increase to 1,000 and outdoor free standing to 500 from June 7.
It is hoped that this increase further from the end of June - with 400 allowed for indoor events, 2,000 for outdoor seated events and 1,000 at free standing events outdoors.
Weddings and funerals
Maximum attendance allowed at life events, such as weddings and funerals, is expected to be increased to 100 on June 7.
This figure is set to be doubled to 200 from the end of June.
Return to office
Working from home has become the default position for many businesses and firms since the first lockdown was imposed in March last year in Scotland.
It is hoped that a ‘phased and limited’ return to the office for some office staff can take place from the end of June.
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