Coronavirus - Local News

Revitalised town and city centres can help the Highlands tackle the challenges of Covid-19 recovery, the climate emergency and cost of living crisis.

THE winter flu and Covid-19 vaccination programme is under way, and NHS Highland bosses have urged people to get their jags when invited for them.

NHS Highland has arranged Covid vaccination drop-in clinics in Thurso, Bettyhill, Melvich, Lybster, Golspie, Bonar Bridge and Kinlochbervie.

A community group in north-west Sutherland has secured funding to offer a variety of wellbeing and healing regimes for people living in the area.

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Packs of Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests will be distributed from several Highland locations from Monday, April 4, to Friday, April 8, next week.

The hospitality trade has spoken out against a delay on the removal of a legal restriction to wear a mask indoors

Facemasks will not be legally mandatory in just a few weeks, Nicola Sturgeon has announced

All residents in Highland, Argyll and Bute aged over 75 or those who are immunosuppressed are being invited for a spring booster dose.

Most of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted from next Monday the First Minister has announced.

Dates and locations of lateral flow device collection points and testing units have been released throughout Easter Ross

After a period where the number of Covid-19 cases in NHS Highland were either declining or plateauing officials are now seeing a rise in numbers.

Communities in Sutherland to be included in latest Covid test kit handout organised by Highland Council and NHS Highland.

A Highland health chief says we must "keep up our guard" after plans to lift the remaining Covid legal restrictions were outlined by Nicola Sturgeon.

A WARD at Raigmore Hospital has been forced to close to new patients and visitors after an outbreak of Covid-19.

All Covid legal restrictions mandating such things as wearing face coverings and contact tracing will come to an end on March 21.

The majority of those who took part in our online poll agree with the move to easing of Covid-19 restrictions in Schools from Monday.

NHS Highland and the Highland Council are working together to provide LFD tests across the Highlands.

Six schools and nurseries across north-west Sutherland will join two other Highland schools not operating today.