Health authority confirms Coved-19 outbreak at Highland care home By Hector MacKenzie Published: 18:15, 07 January 2021
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Dr Ken Oates: âThis outbreak is a devastating blow to the residents and staff at this care home and their families. Unfortunately, we have seen from other parts of the country that when infection levels rise in the wider community that infection can spread into care homes.
NHS Highland has been notified of seven cases of Covid-19 infection in residents of an independent care home in Ross-shire.
Seven residents and several staff test positive for Covid in outbreak at Highlands care home
Every worker who has tested positive has been asked to self-isolate.
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Plea to public from health chief after a significant increase in north Covid cases By Gordon Calder Published: 13:00, 06 January 2021
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A HEALTH chief has urged communities across the Highlands to increase their efforts in the fight against the coronavirus after a significant increase in cases over the festive period.
Dr Ken Oates, NHS Highland public health consultant, made the plea after it was revealed there were more than 700 cases in the area since Christmas Eve. Caithness was one of the places showing a rise in the past two weeks.
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Public encouraged to step-up efforts in fight against coronavirus by NHS Highland as positive cases see a sharp rise since Christmas Eve By Ian Duncan Published: 11:30, 06 January 2021
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Raigmore Hospital.
NHS Highland is appealing to local communities across Highland, Argyll and Bute to increase their efforts in the fight against Covid-19 during 2021.
There has been a significant increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases across the NHS Highland board area over the last two weeks.
There have been more than 700 cases since Christmas Eve and so NHS Highland is encouraging people to continue to follow national guidance on social distancing, self-isolation and mixing indoors.