nicola clark, come. there is an invitation to borisjohnson. nicola clark, thank you forjoining us.pupils in scotland will be able to return to schools full time if coronavirus continues to be surpressed. speaking in the scottish parliament, john swinney said all schools would be able to reopen from august providing the virus remained under control. now, thankfully, the picture looks more positive. since may, because of the efforts of our fellow citizens to stay at home, we have seen scotland to make significant progress. there are now only 2000 infectious people in scotland, a reduction of around 90% since may. there has been a sustained downward trend in covid—19 deaths. intensive care cases now stand at a fraction of what they were. if we stay on this trajectory, which cannot be taken for granted, by august, the position will be even better. that is good news. that means we are now able to update our planning assumptions. if we stay on track, if we all continue to do what is right, and if we can further suppress this terrible virus, the government believes that we should prepare