Three new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Scotland, bringing the total number of cases to six.
Chief Medical Officer for Scotland Dr Catherine Calderwood said all patients are currently clinically well and receiving appropriate clinical care.
The patients are from the Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Grampian areas.
All three patients are contacts of known cases.
The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has now reached 90.
The first confirmed case of coronavirus in Scotland was a patient from Tayside on Sunday.
A further three patients have tested positive for coronavirus (#COVIDー19) in Scotland, bringing the total number of cases to six.
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Dr Calderwood said: “With all these cases, our thoughts are with those diagnosed and their families.
“Scotland is well equipped to deal with this kind of infection and we are doing everything we can to contain the virus at this stage and minimise the risk to the public.
“Clinicians are now conducting contact tracing, the process of gathering details of the places those who have tested positive visited and the people they have been in contact with.
“Close contact involves either face-to-face contact or spending more than 15 minutes within two metres of an infected person. The risk is very low in situations where someone may have passed a patient on the street or in a shop.
“Health protection teams will contact those who are at risk from the current cases – those who are not contacted are not at risk.
“We can all play our part to limit the spread of the virus by washing our hands frequently for 20 seconds as well as always carrying tissues and using them to catch coughs and sneezes, then putting the tissue in a bin, and don’t touch your face.”
