Nicola Sturgeon will give the latest lockdown review announcement today in the Scottish Parliament.

The First Minister will also reveal some other steps to prevent a resurgence and spread of new variant strains of Covid-19.

It will include plans on increased and localised targeted testing of non-symptomatic people, enhanced quarantine and possible workplace testing.

Ms Sturgeon said: “I will make a statement to parliament that will take place shortly after 2pm and I will give an update on the latest data and what that means for lockdown restrictions.

“That statement will set out our latest thinking on how much longer the current restrictions may need to continue, we have already said that they will last until at least the middle of February.

The statement will also provide some more detail on other steps we are planning to take to help us to keep the virus under control, even when we start to gradually ease lockdown.”

Ms Sturgeon added that we need to do all we can to prevent new cases, and especially new strains, entering the country.

She added: “We also need to continue, as we have been doing, to improve our own surveillance so that we can quickly identify cases, clusters and outbreaks and get them under control as quickly as possible.”

The First Minister is due to provide more information about the extent to which supervised quarantine will operate in Scotland.

She added: “We will also set some additional measures we are working on, to make current travel restrictions more effective than they are already.

“As well as preventing new cases from entering Scotland, of course, we’ve got to continue to be able identify cases within the country – especially in areas where rates of transmission are high or are starting to rise.”

In December there were local pilots of testing of non-symptomatic people in areas including Dalmarnock in the east end of Glasgow Ms Sturgeon said: “We have been assessing those pilots over the last few weeks. At the same time, local authorities have been sending us their proposals for much more extensive use of community testing.

“In parallel to that we have been considering whether routine testing can help reduce the risk of outbreaks, in certain workplaces and businesses where transmission is a particular risk.”

The statement is due at 2.20 in the Scottish Parliament today.