Coronavirus - Local News

The new walk-through coronavirus testing centre in Wick is part of the 'largest network of diagnostic testing facilities created in British history'.

ONE-hundred new Covid-19 cases were detected across the NHS Highland area in the past day.

But half of all care home residents in Scotland have now received their first Covid vaccination, the First Minister also revealed.

There were at least 21 positive cases of Covid-19 in Caithness during the latest seven-day period covered by Public Health Scotland.

THE Covid infection rate across Highland Council has broken records again – after it rose to 212.9 cases per 100,000 people.

A FURTHER 83 Covid-19 cases were detected across the NHS Highland region in the past day.

Text message scams about Covid vaccinations are being reported, including links to fake NHS websites that ask for bank details.

Plea to communities across the Highlands after "a significant increase" in coronavirus cases over the festive period.

Gail Ross has urged everyone to play their part in observing lockdown rules as Scotland faces the "desperate reality" of a rapid rise in Covid cases.

The fire station in Thurso is taking part in a trial to increase access to Covid testing in remote and rural areas.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new £4.6 billion package of measures to help businesses through the lockdown.

A SPIKE in Covid numbers across Highland Council in recent weeks saw the region's infection rate soar to record levels over Christmas and New Year.

NO fewer than 450 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland area over the long New Year weekend.

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A Caithness GP has expressed concern about the delay of Covid-19 vaccines being delivered to the county.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a new lockdown and we're keen to know if you support the move.

The FSB warned that support for Scottish firms "can no longer be a dollar short and a day late" in the wake of Scotland's new lockdown measures.

Maree Todd reacted to the new Scotland-wide lockdown by emphasising that "firm and decisive action is needed" to slow down the spread of Covid-19.

The Highlands and the rest of Scotland have been placed into a full lockdown starting from midnight tonight.

A FURTHER 1905 Covid-19 cases have been detected across the whole of Scotland in the past 24 hours.