Travel restrictions across the Gretna, Annan and Lockerbie areas of Dumfries & Galloway have been lifted today, after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed authorities are confident the recent Covid-19 outbreak has been "controlled."

Speaking at her daily coronavirus briefing this afternoon, Mrs Sturgeon confirmed the five mile travel restrictions, which had been in place as a result of the outbreak identified last week, no longer applied.

"In total, 12 cases were identified as part of that cluster," Mrs Sturgeon said, confirming no further cases had been identified since yesterday.

"The view of the incident management team is that all chains of infection within Dumfries & Galloway have now been identified and controlled.

"As a result, I can confirm that we are today lifting the recommended travel restriction that had applied to people in certain postcodes around Gretna, Dumfries and Annan.

"Our advice now is that people in these areas, like everyone else in Scotland, can travel more than five miles for leisure purposes.

"In addition, people can now visit care homes in those areas, again in line with those strict guidelines that apply elsewhere in Scotland."

Mrs Sturgeon thanked public health authorities in both Dumfries & Galloway and Cumbria for their work in identifying and controlling the outbreak.

"I want to take the opportunity again today to thank everyone who has been involved, both in Dumfries & Galloway and also in Cumbria, in controlling this outbreak and in implementing test and protect so effectively," she said.