Good evening,

Focus today has been on the Scottish Parliament where education secretary John Swinney has been giving more detials on the Scottish school closures and what will happen with exams.

Meanwhile it has been confirmed the death toll from COVID-19 in Scotland has doubled in a day to six, and the Bank of England has cut interest rates down to 0.1 percent in response to the crisis.

Here are some of the day's other key points:

• The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that no additonal troops have been deployed in Scotland as part of the wider government response to the coronavirus outbreak. 
• It has been confirmed that two inmates at HMP Kilmarnock have tested postive for the virus.
• Scottish courts are to cut the number of trials during the outbreak. The number of all types of criminal trials will be cut as part of measures to maintain the justice system during the pandemic.
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson held his daily press briefing this evening. He said 'we can turn the tide within the next 12 weeks' in the battle against the virus.
• Mr Johnson also promised to massively increase testing for COVID-19.
• For the very latest NHS advice on coronavirus click here