First Minister Nicola Sturgeon outlines more details of test and trace coronavirus system for Scotland
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The First Minister says the Test and Protect system will come into operation across Scotland from Thursday.
At today's Scottish Government briefing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave more details of how the process of test, trace and isolate to try and drive down coronavireus infection rates will work in Scotland.
The system – which has been trialled by NHS Highland as well as health boards in Fife and Lanarkshire – will be called Test and Protect.
From Thursday anyone with symptoms of coronavirus will have to go online or call NHS 24 to book a test.
The individual with symptoms and members of their household will then have to self-isolate.
If the test returns a positive result the individual affected will be contacted by a tracer for details of their personal contacts.
This includes members of the household and other people they have been in contact with within two metres and for a period of 15 minutes or more.
They will then be contacted and asked to self-isolate immediately, before going through the test process themselves.
"When we receive that call from a contact tracer it is no exaggeration to say that how any of us respond to that will be vital in breaking the chain of the virus," Ms Sturgeon said.
"Just like lockdown it will only have the desired effect if we all do what is required."
She sought to give assuramces that information shared about contacts will be confidential.
"Information provided will be held securely within the NHS and used only for the purpose of tracing contacts," she said.
"It won't be used by the Scottish Government and, indeed, we won't have access to the information."
