Coronavirus - Local News

A care home in Inverness is being told to improve on how it caters for garden visits during the Covid-19 pandemic.

SIXTEEN further Covid-19 infections have been detected across the NHS Highland health board region, it has been confirmed.

The Scotland Loves Local scheme aims to help pay for improvements like protective screens, sanitising equipment and PPE

Food bank use also surges by 97 per cent as officials say the pandemic 'exacerbated welfare, debt, housing and employment issues'

Two charities providing vital food are appealing for people in Inverness to help support the UK’s biggest food collection this Christmas.

A processing delay due to a testing capacity issue at the UK government Lighthouse facility in Glasgow has impacted today's cornavirus results.

There have been 11 additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

Councillors have been briefed by the man leading the Highland public health fight against Covid-19.

A member of staff at New Craigs Hospital in Inverness has contracted coronavirus, prompting officials to place fresh lockdown restrictions on a ward.

Inverness taxi firms are being hit by new tighter Covid-19 restrictions imposed on the night time economy.

ANOTHER 14 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area in the past day.

The UK Government has put in place the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities created in British history.

Inverness and Nairn are set for a timely employment boost with up to 250 jobs created by a consulting, technology and outsourcing services giant.

Face coverings are now mandatory in staff canteens, and the same rule will apply from the start of next week in other communal workplace areas.

MORE than 600 people are now being treated in Scottish hospitals for Covid-19 ­– after another 31 were hospitalised for the virus in the past day.

NHS Highland has detected as many coronavirus cases in the past month as it did in the previous five.

Hundreds of jobs could be lost in Inverness’s hospitality industry after the introduction of tighter coronavirus restrictions, an economist says.

HIGHLANDERS asked to self-isolate during the Covid-19 pandemic have been given details of how to access vital grant support.

Scotland’s biennial mountain bike conference, The Scottish MTB Gathering, has partnered with XpoNorth to deliver its 2020 event digitally.

THIRTEEN new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the NHS Highland area in the past day.