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Nicola Sturgeon unveils new Test, Trace Isolate (TTI) strategy and warns Scotland faces three more weeks of lockdown

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Nicola Sturgeon has announced a "test, trace and isolate" strategy which she hopes will help Scotland suppress the coronavirus pandemic in the months ahead.

At her briefing today she explained the Scottish Government 's plan of action to halt "community transmission" of the infection.

Test, Trace, Isolate (TTI) will be put in place as "lockdown" eases.After a positive test, people who may have been in contact with that person will be contacted and told to isolate for 14 days so they don't come into contact with others.These will be in addition to the hand-washing and physical distancing guidelines established earlier in the outbreak.But there is still work needed to increase testing capacity to make the system work.The First Minister said

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