Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister issued an apology on Wednesday for breaching the Scotland law. Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's indoor event Photograph captured her without wearing mask was published recently, following which she issued an apology. The strict Covid-19 rule in Scotland asks people to wear masks in most indoor venues including pubs and restaurants.

Sturgeon reminded the public of the importance of wearing masks when she spoke to the Scottish parliament on Tuesday. Sturgeon, the leader of the nationalist Scottish National Party. In the picture she was talking to a group of women in a pub following a funeral in Edinburgh last week without a face covering. The photo was published in Wednesday's Scottish edition of a newspaper. "Last Friday, while attending a funeral wake, I had my mask off briefly. This was a stupid mistake and I'm really sorry," Sturgeon said in a statement. 

"I talk every day about the importance of masks, so I’m not going to offer any excuses. I was in the wrong, I’m kicking myself, and I'm sorry." The Scottish Conservatives, Scotland's arm of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling party, blamed Sturgeon should have known better and she had undermined the public health message. "There cannot be one rule for Nicola Sturgeon and another for everyone else," the Scottish Conservatives tweeted. 

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