FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that changes to the Scottish Government's routemap out of lockdown slated for October 5 will not go ahead.
Speaking ahead of FMQs today, Sturgeon said that the changes, which have already been moved from September 14, will be reviewed on October 15.
The changes would impact adult access to indoor sports facilities, soft play areas, certain live events and sports stadiums.
The First Minister said: "We are postponing the routemap changes for which we had previously given an indicative date of October 5.
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"I hope members will agree that it would not be sensible to ease restrictions that are still in place while infection rates are rising and we are working to bring them back down.
"We will review these restrictions again by October 15. However, if we need to take further action before that to curb the spread of the virus we will not hesitate to do so, but of course we will report that to parliament."
The decision came as Scottish Government data showed 668 new coronavirus cases were identified over the last 24 hours.
Sturgeon also confirmed another three deaths of patients who tested positive for the virus in the last 28 days.
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