Restaurants and pubs will have to close at 10pm and the current Lanarkshire ban on indoor household visits is being extended across Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon made the announcements in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon as she set out tighter restrictions to help stop the rising spread of coronavirus.
She advised against car sharing with any member of another household, and announced that support packages of £500 will be made available for people on low incomes who are required to isolate.
The First Minister also announced that working from home should be the default position for businesses, where possible.
Speaking on the strict nationwide 10pm hospitality curfew, she said: "We are seeking to find a balance between action to suppress the virus and protecting people’s jobs and livelihoods.
“We can reduce the time people are able to spend in licensed premises while allowing them to trade and save jobs.”
Residents in North Lanarkshire and six neighbouring authorities have already been banned from making indoor visits to other households for 10 days, and Ms Sturgeon said of the policy’s nationwide extension: “A high proportion [of transmission] comes from interaction in our homes – it’s much more difficult to maintain physical distancing.
“Difficult thought this is, any serious effort to reduce the R number below one must take account of this key driver of transmission; from tomorrow visiting other households will not be permitted, extending the west of Scotland restriction to all of Scotland.
“Our early data suggests this is starting to slow the increase in cases in the west of Scotland, so if we extend it nationwide now, we can bring [the virus] back under control.”
There are exceptions however, including for those living alone and forming an extended household, as well as for informal childcare and couples who do not live together.
The rules apply to private indoor spaces, with people still able to meet in public places or private gardens in groups of no more than six people from two households.
