First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "I want to particularly acknowledge people working in our food and drink and essential retail sectors. This is not an easy time to work in agriculture, or food manufacturing or distribution, or in stores and supermarkets required to remain open."

NS: "What everybody in these different sectors do is absolutely essential for all of us and I want to take the opportunity to say today a heartfelt thank you."

NS: "What I can do, and what I have a responsibility to do, is set out what Scotland is doing, including the work we are doing with the UK Government."

NS: "When you factor in the different size between the UK and Scotland, what we are doing will take Scotland to the same sort of position the UK seems to be aiming for."

NS: "We are increasing NHS Scotland's current capacity of 1900 tests a day to at least 3,500 tests a day by the end of this month at the latest. That is broadly similar although slightly more ambitious than the UK pillar one target of 25,000 tests a day."

NS: "This expansion of testing capacity means we will be able to test more key workers with every day that passes."

NS: "However, in addition to increasing capacity within NHS Scotland we are also working with the UK Government and other partners to further increase testing capacity beyond that."

NS: "We continue to think about how widespread testing, including antibody testing, will be used in helping us to move out of this period of lockdown. Specifically in relation to an antibody test, that kind of test does not currently exist in a reliable form."

NS: "The Scottish Government has established a testing oversight group involving Chief Scientist for Health David Crossman. It has been tasked with overseeing the following strands."

NS: "Firstly, the increase of NHS lab capacity and Scottish delivery of the UK-wide programme to deliver non-NHS testing. Secondly, the development of antibody testing, so as soon as tests are available we are in a position to deploy them in Scotland."

NS: "Thirdly, surveillance, epidemiology and prioritisation. That strand will look ahead to the role of testing in our eventual strategy to exit the lockdown measures. Lastly, data management."

NS: "The second issue I want to cover concerns shielding, which you will recall are the measures in place to protect people who are at the highest risk if they contract Covid-19 because of their existing health conditions."

NS: "We had previously estimated that up to 200,000 people would be in this group. We've been doing further work to remove duplication from records and ensure accuracy and can say there are approximately 120,000 across Scotland in one or more of these categories."

NS: "The CMO has now sent more than 110,000 letters to people in these groups and the remaining will arrive shortly."

NS: "These letters give information on how people can shield themselves from infection and, crucially, because we're asking these people to isolate for a 12-week period, they provide detail on what support is available to them."

NS: "This includes access to home delivery of essential food items and toiletries through a text message service. More than 8,000 people have already signed up for this service and have been texted with the option of receiving deliveries. Those deliveries started this morning."

NS: "I want to stress you don't need a mobile phone to register. Anyone in the highest risk group can sign up if they need it. Details on how to do that are in the letters that people will have received."

NS: "I want to encourage everyone in this high risk group who has received or will receive one of these letters to register. You may not feel you need help right now, but registering now will help us keep in touch with you if you need help later on."

NS: "We're working with local health boards to ensure the delivery of specialist medicines such as chemotherapy drugs to people in this group and working with supermarkets to prioritise delivery slots."

NS: "We know that some people, because of preexisting conditions, are at particularly high risk should they contract this virus, so we are determined to shield them and give them the support they need so they can protect themselves."

NS: "This weekend would've marked the start of the Easter school holidays. There's no doubt we are about to head into one of the most unusual holiday periods we've faced. Although schools have been closed, school and childcare provision is still available for people who need it."

NS: "All local authorities will keep learning and childcare centres open in their area during the holiday period. The arrangements during the holidays might be different from term time. The number of centres and type of support will vary in different council areas."

NS: "But by making learning and childcare available in every local authority area over the holiday period we can make sure children are safe and well looked after while their parents are able to do critical jobs."

NS: "This will be a holiday period unlike any we've known. Many will be thinking about the plans they had made, before this epidemic struck, to get away and visit friends and relatives."

NS: "It's not possible now to go on holiday around Scotland or to visit friends. Everyone will be staying home except for essential purposes such as exercise or buying essential supplies."

NS: "Once again I know how hard this is. But I also want to stress again that these restrictions are absolutely essential."

NS: "We've heard discussion today in the media to the effect that this virus may peak in around one week's time. I want to address that point directly. Firstly, there is still a lot of uncertainty around when we can expect the virus to peak."

NS: "As we gather more data I hope we will be able to offer more certainty about that. But I want to be very clear because I've always said I will be straight with people in these difficult times."

NS: "I want to be very clear that nothing I have seen gives me any basis whatsoever for predicting that the virus will peak as early as a week's time here in Scotland."

NS: "I don't want people to have a false expectation based on what they might be hearing in the media today."

NS: "That message is important because we all have to ask all of you to continue to stick with these measures, no matter how difficult they are."

NS: "Many of us took part last night in the applause for NHS and care workers, heard to the accompaniment of the bagpipes right across the country."

NS: "But it continues to be the case that the best way we can help the health and social care services is by staying at home as much as possible and by keeping our distance from each other."

NS: "So I want to end by thanking all of you for doing the right thing and staying at home over this holiday period. Because this is how we will slow the spread of this virus, protect our NHS from being overwhelmed, and how we will save lives."

NS: "Thank you to each and every one of you."