Scotland's Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has confirmed in an interview that a national ban on house visits is 'one of the options' being considered by the Scottish Government.
The news comes as Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce new lockdown measures in Scotland later today at her daily coronavirus briefing.
In an interview with the BBC, Freeman was asked whether extending a house visit ban across the country is the sort of potential measure that could be introduced on a more permanent basis.
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She said: “That’s one of the options. The bit about permanence...your listeners shouldn’t hear that as a forever. Any of the measures we put in place, we will try and give an indication about how long we think they need to be in place in order for us to to achieve the result we are trying to achieve.”
She added: "We have not yet made all our decisions about the additional measures that we put in place, and how long we believe they will be there for.”
It was announced yesterday that there had been another 245 positive coronavirus cases in Scotland, bringing the total number to 24,371.
