Coronavirus - Local News

A temporary mobile post office is in operation in Wick this week because of Covid-related staffing issues affecting the High Street branch.

Highland Council has moved to reassure staff at its depots in Wick, as well as the public, after a worker tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

The owners of a popular Wick bar took the decision yesterday to temporarily shut its doors after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus.

An unspecified number of people are self-isolating after a pupil at Wick's Newton Park Primary School tested positive for Covid-19.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today confirmed a delay to the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the Highlands and the rest of Scotland.

ANOTHER 44 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus were recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.

There were six positive tests for Covid-19 in the Wick South area during the latest seven-day period recorded by Public Health Scotland (June 12-18).

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the NHS Highland area has risen by 25 in the past 24 hours.

An urgent plea has gone out for more volunteers at Wick's oxygen therapy centre after a surge in demand among long Covid sufferers in the north.

Confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the region have risen by 42 in the past 24 hour.

Almost a fifth of UK holidaymakers surveyed rated the Highlands as their top holiday destination this year.

A further 39 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been identified across the NHS Highland area.

Residents across the Highlands without Covid-19 symptoms can now collect rapid coronavirus testing kits from community pharmacies.

The council admits there will be disruption to its waste bin collection services in Caithness after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus.

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was speaking in Holyrood today as she gave her regular coronavirus briefing to fellow MSPs.

An additional eight new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been identified across the NHS Highland area.

A FURTHER nine cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been identified across the NHS Highland area.

Homelessness was on the agenda earlier today at a Highland Council meeting to discuss updates on how the issue was tackled during the Covid pandemic.

A DOZEN new positive tests for Covid-19 have been recorded across NHS Highland.

Research shows that almost half of Scots have found meeting up with others more overwhelming than expected.