Health

Three more people in the Highlands have tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

Stagecoach Highland is making more changes to its timetables in response to government advice on avoiding non-essential travel.

The only distillery on Loch Ness is setting aside its gin-making activities to produce sanitising hand gel for health and social care workers.

FOUR more people in the Highlands have tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

Emmie Platt from Inverness and Smithton residents were among thousands giving care workers a well-deserved round of applause last night.

NHS Highland says it has suspended visiting at all its sites in order to shield vulnerable groups.

Anyone caught ignoring the lockdown now faces being fined – with the penalties potentially rising as high as £960

Surgeons across a number of specialities at NHS Highland have received an on-the-job crash course in caring for patients infected with coronavirus.

Routine dental care services in Scotland have been suspended.

People receiving care at home may get fewer and shorter visits as difficult decisions are made due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

Carlton Bingo has opened its car park in Inverness for Raigmore Hospital staff.

More cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Highlands.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed 405,000 people have offered their help to the NHS in response to a call made last night.

COMMUNITY-spirited Highlanders and businesses have been thanked by NHS staff for all of their support during the coronavirus pandemic.

There has been a marked increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Highlands in the last 24 hours.

NHS Highland is setting up 13 specially equipped coronavirus testing centres, including a second one in Inverness.

The Scottish Government has set out a funding package of £1.03 million to compensate and care for victims of bullying and harassment at NHS Highland.

Health secretary Matt Hancock unveiled a vision for volunteers to help with "shopping, delivery of medicines and to support those who are shielded".

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Highlands has risen again in the last 24 hours.

Health secretary Jeane Freeman has empowered pharmacists to provide additonal help to patients during the coronavirus outbreak.