Four care homes closed to new admissions in Perth and Kinross due to fears over COVID
The news comes as the Scottish Government prepares to publish guidelines on the resumption of care home visiting in March
Positive COVID tests are still being recorded in Perth and Kinross care homes (Image: Andreas Rentz/2020 Getty Images)
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A Perth factory which has been a key player in the global fight against coronavirus has been hit by its own outbreak.
Several staff have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Thermo Fisher Scientific base in the city’s Inveralmond area.
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The Thermo Fisher Scientific factory in Perth
Since October, the life sciences factory has been manufacturing crucial components for Covid-19 testing kits. It makes about eight million tubes used for test samples each week.