First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to announce on Tuesday whether the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions in Scotland will go ahead on June 28.
The Scottish Government had indicated it hoped to move all areas to the lowest level of restrictions – level zero – from this date.
But a rise in case rates and hospital numbers, driven by the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus that originated in India, may mean this is delayed.
Shetland, Orkney, the Western Isles and some of the smaller islands have been in level zero since June 5.
The rest of Scotland is currently in either level one or two.
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