A WOMAN has spoken about the “heartbreaking” experience of seeing her seven month old daughter catch Covid, who is thought to be one of the youngest to have had the virus in Shetland. Donna Tulloch, from Mossbank, said her daughter Macy was out of sorts for a few days, was warm to touch and would […] Shetland News …
THE SCOTTISH Government has finally given a commitment to consider introducing Covid-19 testing at island entry points, according to the three parliamentarians from the Northern Isles. The isles’ Lib Dems have been calling for such a move since the end of last year. On Friday afternoon, Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart and her Orkney colleague Liam […] Shetland News …
NHS SHETLAND is once again urging islanders to stick to the current Covid-19 restrictions as new infections continue to be recorded. Under level three rules people are not allowed to visit other households to socialise, yet most of the latest transmissions have occurred within families across numerous households. Public health principal Elizabeth Robinson said: “We […] Shetland News …
NHS Shetland will be “digging into a good pool of resource” to deliver mass Covid vaccinations over the coming months, according to health chiefs – with offers of help coming in from the isles’ emergency services and third sector. It was announced this morning (Thursday) that three mass vaccination centres in Lerwick and Scalloway will […] Shetland News …
A FURTHER three cases of Covid-19 were added to Shetland’s tally over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 192. NHS Shetland previously said that further cases are to be expected as a result of the Christmas outbreak in the North Mainland. The temporary Covid-19 testing centre at Gilbertson Park, in Lerwick, continues to […] Shetland News …
AS SHETLAND moves into tier three restrictions today (Saturday), the local health board is continuing with its extensive programme of testing and contact tracing to get the current Covid-19 outbreak in the north mainland under control. More local coronavirus cases are expected to be confirmed early next week when the Scottish Government’s full reporting service […] Shetland News …