Sturgeon pleaded with Scots to "stick with the plan" or risk jeopardising moves out of lockdown. The First Minister is preparing to relax restrictions in "phase two" later next week as coronavirus shows signs of retreat in Scotland.
But she said getting it wrong now will put more lives at risk. Reflecting on progress at her daily briefing today, Sturgeon said: "Many will think that means we should speed up our exit from lockdown and I understand that.
We are all deeply, deeply anxious about the impact on the economy. "But the fact is this - the reason we are making such good progress now is that we are carefully following a plan.
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