Nicola Sturgeon has said she has no plans to meet Boris Johnson if he visits Scotland this week.
The First Minister has urged the Prime Minister and any visitors from elsewhere in the UK to follow Scottish Government guidance if they do travel north, during a coronavirus briefing on Wednesday.
The reported visit on Thursday would be the first made by Mr Johnson to Scotland since the general election in December.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was addressing speculation about the Prime Minister's visit to Scotland after it was reported that he was set to visit in a bid to bolster the support for the Union.
She said: "I have no plans to meet the Prime Minister tomorrow, I am always happy to meet the Prime Minister if he wants to do so.
"I'm always happy to welcome people in Scotland and would ask anyone in Scotland, the Prime Minister included, to make sure they follow all the FACTS advice while they are here, and I am sure he will be doing that anyway.
She added: "Look we are all very focussed on the immediate priority of continuing to suppress COVID and I look forward to working with the UK Government on that basis.
"We've got political disagreements, we've got disagreements over aspects of Scotland and the UK's future and I am sure we will continue to discuss those constructively as well."
She told the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing on Tuesday that 10 people in Scotland had tested positive for the virus in the past day, taking the total to 18,484.
READ MORE: Boris Johnson to visit Scotland in bid to ‘save the Union’
No deaths of people who tested positive for the virus were recorded for the sixth consecutive day, meaning the toll remains at 2,491, she added.
There were 295 people in hospital with confirmed Covid-19 in hospital, down eight in 24 hours.
Of these, three were in intensive care, down one from the previous day.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel