What time is Nicola Sturgeon's covid speech today? Where can I watch and what to expect?
Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox. Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  Nicola Sturgeon is set to give an update on the coronavirus situation across Scotland later today from the Scottish Parliament. The First Minister will address MSPs in Holyrood amid claims the route out of lockdown could be delayed as long as 10 weeks due to the rising cases of the virus. Last night Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England's 'Freedom Day' would be delayed by four weeks because of the spread of the Delta variant across the country. As a result of the rise in cases in Scotland the government has ramped up testing and vaccination programmes in order to halt the strain which has now spread across the world. Nicola Sturgeon is expected to get to her feet in the Scottish Parliament at around 2.20pm today, however that could be moved forward or back depending on the length of the Topical Questions. The Daily Record will keep you up to date on the timing if it changes. The covid-19 statement by the First Minister can be watched on a number of platforms. With no 2pm football game at the Euro 2020 championship it will get top billing on BBC One Scotland this afternoon. If you are out and about then the Daily Record will be showing the speech live on our Facebook page on a live stream. You can follow it here. We will also be live blogging the statement in our live blog. Scottish Parliament TV will also be showing the update given by the SNP leader. The First Minister has not put a date on when coronavirus restrictions will be lifted entirely but it was hoped that Scotland would be at Level 0 but the end of June. With Scotland now back in a levels system it's expected the majority of the council areas will remain in their current state. Only some of the island communities are currently in Level 0. It comes as Scottish National Clinical Director Jason Leitch highlighted the need to get both vaccinations to offer decent protection and suggested eight to 10 weeks of progress thanks to the vaccine had been lost because of the variant, first identified in India. To sign up to the Daily Record Politics newsletter, click here.