RUSHES: Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon daily briefing 6th August

Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon daily briefing 6th August; SCOTLAND: Edinburgh: St Andrew's House: INT Nicola Sturgeon MSP (First Minister) press conference SOT (2 of 4) - A further 30 cases are under investigation as possibly linked to the outbreak. And a total of 233 close contacts have already been identified, although we expect that number to rise over the course of today. - As I said yesterday, many of those positive cases and contacts have been linked to a number of licensed premises, in Aberdeen. And a list of those places is now available on the Scottish Government’s website. - To be clear, it’s not that one particular person in this cluster has visited all these premises. It is that someone who has tested positive has been in each location, but it will be different people in each of these locations. - Now, we’ve been asked why members of the public who have visited these premises have not all been contact traced. The answer is that they may not have been there at the same time as a person who has tested positive - or they might not have come within 2 metres of them for the requisite period. Contact Tracers are professionals, they are highly trained experts at what they do and they assess who should be traced. - However, if you have been to any of these premises, even if Test and Protect hasn't been in touch with you, we are still asking you to be extra vigilant for symptoms – and to follow the FACTS at all times. - And if you are contacted by Test and Protect in Aberdeen, please comply with their advice. In fact, if you are contacted by Test and Protect anywhere in Scotland, I appeal to you to please comply fully with their advice, particularly, in relation to self-isolation. If they advise you are a close contact and that you must self isolate for 14 days it is absolutely essential that you do that and for the full 14 days. - The further growth of this cluster which I’ve reported today – and I expect to be standing here tomorrow reporting a g...