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compliance with existing protections like face coverings, ventilation and hand hygiene, we are strongly encouraging everyone who can't to work from home and we are asking everyone from now through the festive season to do a test bait for mixing with people from another household. from monday, subject to the parliament is's approval, this week a proof of the recent negative lateral flow test or vaccination will be accepted by venues and events covered by the covid certification scheme. it is very easy and it is a free to get lateral flow test, they can be ordered online or picked up from pharmacies. if you're a secondary school pupil are a member of staff at school, test kits are available free of charge from schools and early years centres. i can confirm today in the run—up to the festive season lateral flow test will be made available by local authorities and many more
would take this decision with the utmost care and that is what we have done. it is important to stress that we must keep it as we do all possible protections under review, and if our situation does deteriorate it may yet be that extending covid certification is a more proportionate alternative to the reintroduction of any more own risk restrictions on hospitality, for example, and we will liaise closely with businesses about this and about what they must do in the coming weeks to minimise that risk. to begin to conclude, it is an understatement, i'm sure, to say that everyone is sick and tired of this virus and the impact, although less than in previous months, it is still having on our lives nevertheless, and i understand that and i share that sentiment. but i'm also gratefulfor all of and i share that sentiment. but i'm also grateful for all of the sacrifices everyone has made and continues to make and thanks to those sacrifices we are in a much stronger position now than i would
working whenever possible remains one of the most effective protections we have at our disposal. let me turn to the covid certification scheme which cabinet also discussed this morning and set out the decisions we've reached and the rationale. for context it is worth bearing in mind that covid certification is far from worth bearing in mind that covid certification is farfrom unique worth bearing in mind that covid certification is far from unique to scotland and similar schemes are in place in many other parts of the world. in recent weeks certification schemes have been announced and reintroduced or extended in denmark, norway, sweden, northern ireland and elsewhere, many cover a wider range of premises in scotland but we must reach a decision is based on our own circumstances and so i can confirm the judgments we arrived at this morning are as follows, for at least a further three weeks we will retain vaccine certification for the venues and events currently covered by the scheme. that is late licensed premises with a designated area for
precarious it was more positive than she had feared even a few weeks ago. the most significant element is that the decision not to extend further at the covid certification scheme and actually to allow people an alternative to showing they have been vaccinated if they had a recent natural flow test even though they are not always so reliable. ? lateral flow test. what did you make of her statement? you lateral flow test. what did you make of her statement?— lateral flow test. what did you make of her statement? you summed it up re of her statement? you summed it up pretty well- — of her statement? you summed it up pretty well- the _ of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea _ of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea briefly - of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea briefly of - of her statement? you summed it up pretty well. the idea briefly of it - pretty well. the idea briefly of it being a precarious situation but positive and she said that figures had dropped slightly over the last week but there was still a concern about the winter period and people socialising indoors and looking ahead to christmas as well, where there is likely to be, there will be a lot more socialising and the risk of increased transmission. but certainly, as you say, the fact they are not going to extend the vaccine
including for example, the installation of carbon dioxide monitors or alterations to windows and vents. the fund, which we expect to start making payments in november, will initially target high—risk sectors where people spend significant amounts of time in close proximity to each other, such as hospitality and leisure. we will set out more details of the eligibility criteria and the application process over the next few weeks, however, i hope this funding package will help many small and medium—sized businesses make indoor setting safer, especially through the winter months. the final issue i want to give an update on is the covid certification scheme. last week we set out further details of how the scheme will operate. i can confirm we will be publishing further detailed guidance for businesses later today, which will demonstrate the proportionate common sense approach we are asking businesses to take. i would encourage businesses to familiarise themselves with this guidance, which will assist them in making the necessary preparations
and build confidence in the practical arrangements they will need to put in place to be compliant with the scheme. as i said earlier, the government is persuaded that a covid certification scheme will help us mitigate the risk to virus poses to all of those over the winter and that's why we intend to proceed with it. however, the pragmatic compromise that i've just outlined in relation to a staged introduction of the scheme demonstrates, i hope, that we are listening to business about the practical challenges they face and that we are determined to work with them to overcome these. presiding officer, to conclude, as we move for the first time entry went out with covid circulating but without any significant restrictions in place, we are, i am pleased to say, in a much better position than we might have hoped forjust a few weeks ago. cases have halved in the past few weeks and we hope this will be followed by an easing of at least the direct covid pressure on the nhs. however, there is no room for