RELATIVES and friends coming to visit someone in the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick are being urged to take a Covid lateral flow test beforehand. NHS Shetland is continuing to support up to two visitors per patient in the maternity unit, ward one and ward three. Visits must be.
ISLANDERS may find it difficult to follow the latest Covid advice as local pharmacies are running short of lateral flow tests. There are some reports of local chemists, in Lerwick and Scalloway, running out of stock. There are also none available to order online through the UK.
THERE have been instances of people in Shetland waiting four to five days for a PCR Covid test result because of delays at the Glasgow processing laboratory. NHS Shetland’s interim director of public health Dr Susan Laidlaw that this has been “very disruptive” for people..
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