Coronavirus: Sturgeon had 'no written briefings' on Covid for months (www.heraldscotland.com)

NICOLA Sturgeon received no written briefings from her chief advisers on coronavirus during the first months of the global pandemic, the Scottish Government has admitted.

Despite chairing Scottish emergency committee meetings on Covid, the First Minister received only verbal updates from her chief medical officer and national clinical director.

The Government said the advisers also shared no written briefings with Health Secretary Jeane Freeman at the time.