Nicola Sturgeon is set to miss First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament today as she recovers from testing positive for coronavirus.
The SNP leader said her deputy John Swinney will step in to take questions from Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar and MSPs at Holyrood this lunchtime.
Sturgeon took to Twitter to give her 1.4 million followers an update on her situation after admitting earlier this week that she had been "knocked for six" by the virus.
On Friday she tested positive for the virus after meeting deputy vice president of Sinn Fein Michelle O'Neill in Bute House in Edinburgh.
Posting an update earlier today, Sturgeon said she was "still not very well" but is starting to recover from covid.
She tweeted: "Today @johnswinney will stand in for me at #FMQs.
"I’m starting to feel a bit better, but still not very well - Covid managed to really floor me unfortunately.
"I’ll hopefully be back fully fit after taking rest of week at home to recover. Thanks again for all the good wishes."
Sturgeon this week became the longest serving First Minister, but the virus stifled any celebrations that may have been planned.
Swinney's turn at First Minister's Questions may have come at an inopportune time for the Scottish Government, with opposition MSPs continuing to question his involvement in the sign off of a contract for two late and over-budget ferries.
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