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'We are planning for significant outbreak of coronavirus'

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said her government is planning for "the likelihood of a significant outbreak" of a has given an update after the first confirmed coronavirus case in Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon said there remained just one confirmed case in Scotland, but warned future cases were likely in the "days to come".

A patient from the Tayside area was diagnosed on Sunday after recently travelling to Italy.

They are "clinically well" and are being treated in hospital as a precaution, officials said.

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