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New Covid cases in Thurso East as Nicola Sturgeon says some pupils will return to school next week By John Davidson
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Updated: 15:29, 16 February 2021
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that some pupils will return to schools from Monday as cases of coronavirus continued to fall.
The First Minister announced to parliament on Tuesday that the Scottish Government s plan to see young children and some senior pupils back in the classroom would go ahead.
Children in P1-P3 as well as those in early learning and childcare (ELC) will return to full-time education in classrooms while a very small cohort of senior phase learners will be allowed into schools to undertake practical work in some subjects.
New figures show seven positive Covid tests in Thurso East By Alan Hendry
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Updated: 14:40, 11 February 2021
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The figures were based on people tested from February 2-8.
The national agency s interactive dashboard has a map giving the number of positive cases in specific Scottish neighbourhoods, seven of which are in Caithness.
If a neighbourhood has fewer than three positive cases the number is presented as 0-2 .
The county s six other neighbourhoods â Caithness North East, Caithness North West, Caithness South, Thurso West, Wick North and Wick South â all came into this category based on tests from February 2-8, meaning there could have been zero, one or two positive cases in each.