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Two coronavirus clusters found at Highland car dealership group Dicksons which has worked with NHS Highland and Highland Council s Environmental Health Team By Ian Duncan Published: 19:30, 15 March 2021
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There have been two clusters of Covid-19 cases at an Inverness car dealership group.
Dicksons, which operates across four sites, has confirmed the first was two weeks ago and the second was at another premises last week.
Fraser Bryce, the managing director, said: Dicksons has been very fortunate throughout the last year since the pandemic began to have had a low number of positive cases between nearly 90 staff across four different sets of premises.
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Mull Hall Care Home in Easter Ross reports Covid outbreak affecting eight residents and four members of staff By Louise Glen
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Updated: 11:12, 10 February 2021
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ANOTHER Easter Ross care home has reported twelve cases of Covid among residents and staff.
NHS Highland confirmed that Mull Hall care home has reported eight cases among residents and four among staff.
The independent care home is operated by Sanctuary Care, who also operate Kintyre House in Dingwall.
Kintrye house has, sadly, reported seven deaths among residents since that earlier outbreak was notified.
Care home near Highland capital hit by 35 positive Covid-19 cases By Alasdair Fraser
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Updated: 15:37, 28 January 2021
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A nursing home near the Highland capital has been hit by a mass outbreak of Covid-19 cases.
NHS Highland has been notified of 35 infection cases in all at the independent Meallmore Lodge care home near Daviot, seven miles south of the city.
They include 17 residents and 18 members of staff.
NHS Highlandâs Health Protection Team (HPT) is working with health and social care colleagues, local community nursing teams and local GPs, to prevent any further spread of the virus within the care home and the wider community.
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Coronavirus cases connected with the festive period linked to Chieftain Hotel in Inverness and both NHS Highland and Highland Council are aware of the situation By Ian Duncan Published: 10:12, 15 January 2021
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A number of positive cases of Covid-19 have been linked to an Inverness hotel.
It is understood that they were connected with the Chieftain Hotel over the festive period and both NHS Highland and Highland Council are aware of the situation.
An NHS Highland spokesman said: NHS Highland is aware of a number of positive cases linked to the Chieftain Hotel in Inverness over the festive period. Contact tracing was carried out with all positive cases and identified close contacts advised to self-isolate. NHS Highland s Health Protection Team is working closely with The Highland Council s Environmental Health Department to provide advice and guidance.
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Covid-19 contact tracing under way as it emerges small cluster of infected people visited three Dingwall pubs; NHS Highland issues fresh appeal over virus threat amid increase in cases By Hector MacKenzie
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Updated: 17:21, 23 December 2020
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CONTACT tracing is under way in a Ross-shire town after it emerged a small cluster of positive Covid-19 cases visited three pubs.
Earlier today we reported how The Mallard in Station Square had voluntarily closed after it emerged a customer who yesterday tested positive for Covid-19 had visited on Friday evening.