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The senior general manager of a care home in Wick has talked about the benefits of being positive during the lockdown.

Another 354 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Scotland – as the Highland number rose a further four to 184.

Jamie Stone has spoken out after reports that visitors have been escaping to their second homes in the Highlands during the coronavirus pandemic.

NHS Highland says it has been overwhelmed by the community support it has received from both companies and individuals.

RAF Puma helicopters have been operating in Caithness and other parts of the north in support of health services during the coronavirus outbreak.

A tourism cooperative is offering a small gesture of support to businesses in Caithness and Sutherland by way of a free six-month membership.

The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred one NHS Highland consultant to take on fake medical news and urban myths and stop them from “going viral”.

Dounreay is helping health workers in the front line of dealing with Covid-19 by providing portable welfare facilities to various GP practices.

NHS Highland chairman Professor Boyd Robertson has thanked health board staff for their “exceptional work” during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Nicola Sturgeon has emphasised that care homes residents "matter every bit as much" as hospital patients or people in the wider community.

Almost 1000 people have been confirmed or suspected to have died because of coronavirus in Scotland, including another 13 in the NHS Highland area.

Caithness Citizens Advice Bureau is seeing a growing demand from clients who need help with filling online forms in order to access vital benefits.

Another £220m is to be made available for businesses after the Scottish Government came under pressure over how many grants each small business gets.

Demand for hand sanitiser has led to a Caithness distillery being awarded funding to help the community.

The Scottish SPCA has urged dog owners to keep their pets under control after a rise in attacks on wildlife and livestock in parts of the country.

North MP Jamie Stone is urging telephone networks to provide free calls for older people for at least one hour a day.

The latest figures take the total number of known cases of coronavirus in the NHS Highland area to 168.

Coastal car parks around Caithness that would normally have been filled over the Easter weekend were empty as most people heeded lockdown advice.

A new Citizens Advice Bureau helpline is free to call from today, supplementing the service currently offered by Scotland’s 59 local advice offices.

A teacher manufacturing PPE for health workers has been knocked back in his attempt to get help from a major mobile network operator.