First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces reintroduction of Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Aberdeen due to cluster in the Granite City
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Pubs and restaurants in Aberdeen will have to close and people are being told not to travel to the city.
At today's Scottish Government coronavirus briefing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said there were now 54 confirmed cases in a "significant outbreak".
Pubs and restaurants in the Granite City will have to close from 5pm tonight and people are being told not to travel to the city from outside.
Those already in the city visiting from elseweher do not need to leave, but should take extra care when they return home.
Residents of the city will also face reimposed restrictions.
They re no longer allowed into each others' houses and are being told not to travel more than five miles for leisure purposes.
Travelling for work or education is permitted, but other travel is not advised.
The restrictions will be revewed next Wednesday.
Ms Sturgeon said the situation in Aberdeen should be "the biggest wake-up call" since the early days of the pandemic.
"There's always a sense of 'we're doing well and it won't happen here'," she said.
"It can happen here and it is happening here, in Aberdeen."
A cluster of cases linked to people who had visited the Hawthorn Bar in Aberdeen on July 26, first emerged on Sunday.
A total of 54 cases have now been associated with the cluster and contact has been made with 191 close contacts of those individuals.
Ms Sturgeon said the decision to reimpose restrictions in Aberdeen had been taken "extremely reluctantly" after discussions with NHS Grampian, Police Scotland and the city council.
A list of 20 licensed venues involved in the outbreak in total is to be published later.
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