Scotland's chief medical officer was wrong to visit her family's second home in Fife during the coronavirus pandemic, which went against her own advice that all Scots should stay at home, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
The First Minister said she does not condone anyone breaking the guidance on preventing the spread of the virus, but added it would be "damaging not to have the ongoing advice and expertise" of Dr Catherine Calderwood as chief medical officer.
Dr Calderwood told a briefing at the Scottish Government headquarters in Edinburgh on Sunday she had also visited the home in Fife last weekend with her husband.
She has apologised after photos of herself and her family near a coastal retreat in Earlsferry were published in The Scottish Sun