Scottish Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.
Somerville announced the news on Twitter, saying she has lost her sense of smell.
It is not clear if the Education Secretary has recently met in person with other members of the Scottish Cabinet or MSPs.
In her online message Somerville said: “After losing my sense of smell yesterday I went for a Covid test which has come back positive.
“I’ll now self isolate and continue to work from home. Keep yourself and others safe and please take a test if you have any symptoms.”
The news broke as the latest statistics showed the number of new covid cases in Scotland was above 3,000 for the fourth day in a row.
There were no coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland in the 24 hours to Sunday but 3,190 new cases have been confirmed,
the latest Scottish Government figures show the death toll under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – remains at 8,070.
The daily test positivity rate is 10.8 per cent, down from 10.9 per cent the previous day.
A total of 338 people were in hospital on Saturday with recently confirmed Covid-19, up by 18 on the previous day, with 34 patients in intensive care, up two.
So far, 4,079,496 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 3,556,947 have had their second.
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