On January 8, the first female (liberal) First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, imposed a lockdown in Scotland to address the Wuhan Flu (CV19). Citizens were under a stay-at-home rule with shops and hotels closed down. These new lockdown rules also made it a criminal offence to hold church services in Scotland. Under those lockdown rules, churches are only allowed to open for funerals, or marriage ceremonies. Only five people are allowed to attend weddings, while up to 30 may attend a funeral. The lockdown was accompanied by criminal sanctions against anyone who violated it. Believers who met for worship in accordance with their religion, could be fined up to £10,000—the usual leftist approach of picking at a scab until it is healed. A legal challenge to the church ban was brought by ministers from the Free Church of Scotland, the Church of Scotland and other independent churches in Scotland. In a statement, the church leaders said Sturgeon's rules were the first attempt to close Scottish churches since the 'persecution of the Presbyterian church, instituted by the Stuart kings, in the 17th century.'