NHS Highland investigating how Covid-19 test samples ended up on A9
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A BAG carrying Covid-19 test samples was found lying by the A9 after it was meant to have been transported from Wick to Inverness.
A member of the public spotted the item beside the trunk road, close to the Dornoch junction, on Monday night.
A spokeswoman for NHS Highland said: “We can confirm that samples being taken from Caithness General Hospital to Raigmore Hospital were found on the A9 near Tain.
“The samples were handed in to the local police station and are now with the laboratory team at Raigmore.”
She added: “We are investigating how this could have happened to ensure this will not happen again and would like to reassure everyone that at no point was there a danger to the public from these samples.
“They were packed properly and remained intact.”
