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She was speaking after Prime Minister Boris Johnson encouraged those unable to work from home to return to work
Highland Council is now projecting a budget gap of £87.5 million due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Nicola Sturgeon said she is waiting to hear if Downing Street is planning to relax England's lockdown on Sunday
That is a rise of 16 in the last seven days according to the National Records of Scotland
She insists that with an estimate 26,000 cases of Cvodi-19 infections in the country it is too soon to ease any lockdown measures
Nicola Sturgeon says the country needs to conduct 15,000 tests a day for the system to work and to 'get a degree of normality back into our lives'
NHS Highland and a lab in Inverness are to lead the way in Scotland for antibody testing for Covid-19, health secretary Jeane Freeman has confirmed.
NHS Highland medical director Dr Boyd Peters has warned the Covid-19 bug is likely to be a danger for at least a year.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she “really feared” just a few weeks ago that the NHS in Scotland would be overwhelmed by the coronavirus.
Highland Council is preparing for a budget gap of over £80 million within the current financial year due to the impact of the coronavirus.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the numbers are 'deeply distressing'
Highland politicians have urged cautioned over the idea that the north could become one of the first places to be eased out of lockdown measures.
A total of 72 people have now died in the NHS Highland area from either confirmed or suspected Covid-19 – up from 50 seven days ago.
Moves to lift elements of the coronavirus lockdown earlier in the Highlands than elsewhere would be welcomed – but cautiously – it has been claimed.
Health secretary Jeane Freeman has confirmed that the Highlands will be one of two areas in Scotland to get mobile testing capacity.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned he cannot risk lifting the lockdown yet.
Highland Council will have to abandon the budget it agreed two months ago and rewrite it from top to bottom due to the impact of Covid-19.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has outlined possible ways the government could end the lockdown.
A total of 50 people have now died in the NHS Highland area from either confirmed or suspected Covid-19.
A new drive-through coronavirus testing facility is to open in Inverness.
