Nicola Sturgeon has laid out a possible exit strategy for Scotland to gradually leave lockdown.
The First Minister said she aimed for a “grown up conversation” about easing restrictions brought in on March 23 to battle coronavirus.
But she hazarded that some measures will likely remain in place until next year.
Here are the five key takeaways from her blueprint and how they might look in practice.
Classrooms could be 'redesigned'
Speaking after the publication of the paper on Thursday, Ms Sturgeon hinted that classrooms “may have to be redesigned” to ensure social distancing.
This could mean measures such as staggered school days to ensure not every pupil is in at one time.
Businesses will need to change
The document says Scots can expect a “new normal” after the virus, adding: “Easing restrictions will not mean returning to how things were before the virus.”
It says the Scottish Government will “engage with experts” to understand what reopening schools and businesses could mean for hygiene. “The capacity of business and industry to innovate to find different ways to function will be critical here,” it adds.
Ms Sturgeon added: "It may be that some businesses in some sectors can reopen, but only if they can change how they work to keep employees and customers two metres distant.”
Pubs and gatherings off cards
The paper is more explicit on pubs and mass gatherings, reading: "We are likely to require that gathering in groups, for example in pubs or at public events, is banned or restricted for some time to come."
But warning of the grave damage a prolonged lockdown could inflict on the economy, it adds: “We need to ensure, that as far as we can, our children are educated, that businesses can reopen, and that society can function.
“But we must ensure that those things happen while we continue to suppress the spread of the virus.”
Restrictions in place into 2021
The paper does not set out any timescale, and Ms Sturgeon has insisted not all of its options will be accepted in the weeks to come.
She called viewing lockdown as a "flick of the switch moment" misguided and warned it could be a "fact of life" until 2021.
The paper is clear on one thing, though: “Our assessment is that now is not the right time to relax restrictions.”
In a sign of the road ahead, it says any lifting of the lockdown will likely be phased in a “managed transition away from current restrictions”.
“Each one of us will have to adapt to this as the new normal, at least until we are sure that we can be more protected by a vaccine or treatment,” it adds.
'Active surveillance' after lockdown
The paper also suggests "active surveillance" of cases, contact-tracing and isolating those who have symptoms could be a core part of a post-lockdown approach to containing the virus.
