Scotland's papers: Testing expansion and 'new normal' drinking

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Coronavirus features on the majority of the front pages with the Daily Express reporting that over 65-year-olds with symptoms and their households will now be eligible for the testing scheme.
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The Scotsman, on the second anniversary of the introduction of minimum unit pricing, carries warnings from health experts that up to one million Scots are consuming more alcohol since the lockdown began.
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The Scottish Sun's front page features Nicola Sturgeon distancing herself from Boris Johnson's claim the country is past the peak of coronavirus, with the first minister warning we are not out of the danger zone yet.
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Public transport is the focus in the Times's splash, which claims commuters will be asked to take their temperature before leaving home as part of the prime minister's "road map" to take the UK out of lockdown.
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The i reports that the UK government wants to be carrying out 200,000 Covid-19 tests a day within a fortnight as part of a plan to ease lockdown restrictions.
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The Herald leads with analysis by unions which shows that nearly half of Scotland's social care workers are being paid less than the real living wage of £9.30 an hour.
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The Courier splashes with pressure on Fife nursing homes to make clear how many people in their care have died as a result of coronavirus. Operators have come "under fire for silence over outbreaks" the paper reports.
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The Edinburgh Evening News reports how a man has been allowed to visit his cancer-stricken wife in hospital after staff set up a "sanctuary" for them to see each other.
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The Press and Journal reports on the testing expansion, highlighting that all residents and staff will be tested in any care home where there has been an outbreak.
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The Aberdeen Evening Express reports that NHS Grampian has the highest rise in Covid-19 hospital admissions in Scotland.
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The Glasgow Times reports that the city's council leader has had sleepless nights as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
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Away from coronavirus, the Daily Record's front page reveals how a potentially deadly crush at the 1980 Scottish Cup final, which was marred by violence, was prevented by a police officer opening a gate to let people out of Hampden stadium.
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The National reports on an opinion poll which shows the SNP is on course for a overall majority at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
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The Evening Telegraph splashes with the unexplained death of a man found lying on a Dundee street.