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| The reopening of Scotland's economy - including shops, bars, restaurants, gyms and hairdressers - is expected to start in the last week of April, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. | The reopening of Scotland's economy - including shops, bars, restaurants, gyms and hairdressers - is expected to start in the last week of April, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. |
| She said there would be a "progressive easing" of restrictions before then, with four people from two households allowed to meet outdoors from 15 March. | |
| All primary and more secondary school pupils could return from that date. | All primary and more secondary school pupils could return from that date. |
| It is hoped to lift the stay at home restriction on 5 April. | It is hoped to lift the stay at home restriction on 5 April. |
| Ms Sturgeon said it would be necessary to "rely very heavily" on restrictions to suppress the virus for "a bit longer". | |
| Live coverage of the first minister's statement | |
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| She said the Scottish government's strategic framework was "deliberately cautious" at this stage. | |
| "But in the coming weeks, if the data allows and positive trends continue, we will seek to accelerate the easing of restrictions," she said. | |
| Ms Sturgeon said the aim was to move fully back to a levels system of restrictions from the last week in April. | |
| "At that stage, we hope that all parts of the country currently in level four will be able to move out of level four and back initially to level three - possibly with some revision to the content of the levels." | |
| The youngest pupils returned to school this week | |
| She said that from the last week of April, the government would expect to see "phased but significant re-opening of the economy, including non essential retail, hospitality and services like gyms and hairdressers". | |
| More detail will be set out in mid-March, including the order in which parts of the economy will reopen. | |
| The aim is for a "progressive easing" of the level four restrictions at three-week intervals. | |
| Scotland's youngest children and some senior pupils returned to the classroom on Monday, and Ms Sturgeon said schools were the "immediate priority". | |
| It is hoped that the next phase will see the remaining primary school pupils and more senior pupils back in the classroom "for at least part of their learning" from 15 March. | |
| The final phase of the return to school would take place on 5 April, when it is hoped to lift the stay at home restrictions. |