Nicola Sturgeon has warned a review of coronavirus lockdown restrictions due next week is unlikely to see any change to current measures.
She also urged Scots to continue following the measures after the government noticed a slight increase in the number of cars on the roads and people using concessionary bus travel.
The restrictions currently in place were extended until May 7, with a review due then.
Even though there are still very early signs Scotland is containing the virus, such as decreasing numbers of people in intensive care, the First Minister warned any progress was fragile.
After promising to be candid with Scots, she said: "I have to be straight with you, it may very well be too early, even this time next week, in any meaningful way, to safely lift any of the current restrictions."
She explained in detail how the R number, which measures how many people each infected person passes the virus onto, is thought by experts to have fallen below one.
This means each infected person is only passing the virus onto less than one other on average.
However, Sturgeon said that whilst this progress we could see the virus run out of control again quickly: "We are not confident that the R number is very far below one yet, and that means any easing up at all in the current restriction, either formally, by government decisions or informally by people becoming a bit less compliant as we all get more and more weary and frustrated would quickly send it back above one."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesperson also hinted to journalists in Westminster that the current restrictions would be unlikely to change, the Press Association reported.
Nicola Sturgeon also said that whilst most Scots had been "superb" at following the restrictions, the government had seen an increase in the number of people venturing out.
She said this was a source of concerns for officials: You might think it is only you making an extra journey, and it is only one trip. And you might feel you deserve it after weeks of restraint. Believe me, I really understand all of that.
“But all of it adds up. And if everybody starts easing off, the virus will quickly take off again and it will have devastating consequences for all of us.”
Urging Scots to stick with it and stay at home, she said: "Please take from what I'm saying that there is no light there. Keep focused on that light, don't let it go out."
