The move was announced earlier today by first minister Nicola Sturgeon as she set out new measures to minimise the further spread of coronavirus, in a statement to the Scottish Parliament.
From midnight tonight, there will be a legal requirement to stay at home except for essential purposes, similar to the first lockdown last year.
In the statement, Ms Sturgeon said that Scotland was ‘seeing a steeply rising trend of infections’ and that she was ‘more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.’
In the week from 23 to 30 December, the seven day incidence of cases per 100,000 of the population increased by 65 per cent - from 136 per 100,000 to 225 per 100,000.
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