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First Minister reiterates moves to ease lockdown in England do not apply in Scotland 'yet'

11 May 2020
First Minister reiterates moves to ease lockdown in England do not apply in Scotland 'yet'

First Minister reiterates moves to ease lockdown in England do not apply in Scotland 'yet'

11 May 2020

Scotland’s First Minister has stressed that the easing of the lockdown in England does not apply north of the border as yet.

UK edges closer to the 100,000 coronavirus tests a day mark

09 May 2020
UK edges closer to the 100,000 coronavirus tests a day mark

UK edges closer to the 100,000 coronavirus tests a day mark

09 May 2020

Environment secretary George Eustice said the UK carried out 97,029 coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours.

Highland Council claims it has a budget gap of £87.5 million due to Covid-19 but critics question numbers

08 May 2020
Highland Council claims it has a budget gap of £87.5 million due to Covid-19 but critics question numbers

Highland Council claims it has a budget gap of £87.5 million due to Covid-19 but critics question numbers

08 May 2020

The council has revealed a new, greater tally – the higher bill including a loss of £25.5 million in fees and income charges

First Minister: Covid-19 lockdown won't be lifted until she is convinced it is safe

07 May 2020
First Minister: Covid-19 lockdown won't be lifted until she is convinced it is safe

First Minister: Covid-19 lockdown won't be lifted until she is convinced it is safe

07 May 2020

Nicola Sturgeon said she is waiting to hear if Downing Street is planning to relax England's lockdown on Sunday

Registered deaths linked to Covid-19 fall across Scotland for the first time

06 May 2020
Registered deaths linked to Covid-19 fall across Scotland for the first time

Registered deaths linked to Covid-19 fall across Scotland for the first time

06 May 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tells the Scottish parliament that this is the first fall in recorded coronavirus deaths since March

Scottish Government working towards easing lockdown but no timescale given

05 May 2020
Scottish Government working towards easing lockdown but no timescale given

Scottish Government working towards easing lockdown but no timescale given

05 May 2020

She insists that with an estimate 26,000 cases of Cvodi-19 infections in the country it is too soon to ease any lockdown measures

First Minister reveals a test, trace, isolate and support strategy for Scotland to deal with Covid-19

04 May 2020
First Minister reveals a test, trace, isolate and support strategy for Scotland to deal with Covid-19

First Minister reveals a test, trace, isolate and support strategy for Scotland to deal with Covid-19

04 May 2020

Nicola Sturgeon says the country needs to conduct 15,000 tests a day for the system to work and to 'get a degree of normality back into our lives'

Scotland aiming to analyse 12,000 coronavirus tests daily by mid-May

01 May 2020
Scotland aiming to analyse 12,000 coronavirus tests daily by mid-May

Scotland aiming to analyse 12,000 coronavirus tests daily by mid-May

01 May 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she expects Covid-19 testing capacity in Scotland to rise to more than 10,000 a day next week

Inverness laboratory to lead the way in testing for Covid-19 antibodies in Scotland

01 May 2020
Inverness laboratory to lead the way in testing for Covid-19 antibodies in Scotland

Inverness laboratory to lead the way in testing for Covid-19 antibodies in Scotland

01 May 2020

NHS Highland and a lab in Inverness are to lead the way in Scotland for antibody testing for Covid-19, health secretary Jeane Freeman has confirmed.

Could Highlands lead the way in ending lockdown?

30 April 2020
Could Highlands lead the way in ending lockdown?

Could Highlands lead the way in ending lockdown?

30 April 2020

Moves to lift elements of the coronavirus lockdown earlier in the Highlands than elsewhere would be welcomed – but cautiously – it has been claimed.

First Minister calls on the country not to risk the progress on tackling spread of coronavirus

30 April 2020
First Minister calls on the country not to risk the progress on tackling spread of coronavirus

First Minister calls on the country not to risk the progress on tackling spread of coronavirus

30 April 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she “really feared” just a few weeks ago that the NHS in Scotland would be overwhelmed by the coronavirus.

Covid-19 impact almost quadruples Highland Council's budget gap

30 April 2020
Covid-19 impact almost quadruples Highland Council's budget gap

Covid-19 impact almost quadruples Highland Council's budget gap

30 April 2020

Local authority now has to plug an £80 million black hole in its finances

Care home deaths reach 39 per cent of all Scotland's coronavirus fatalities

29 April 2020
Care home deaths reach 39 per cent of all Scotland's coronavirus fatalities

Care home deaths reach 39 per cent of all Scotland's coronavirus fatalities

29 April 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the numbers are 'deeply distressing'

NHS Highland area confirmed as amongst first to get mobile Covid-19 testing units

27 April 2020
NHS Highland area confirmed as amongst first to get mobile Covid-19 testing units

NHS Highland area confirmed as amongst first to get mobile Covid-19 testing units

27 April 2020

The locations for the deployment have not yet been revealed with the logistics still being worked out

Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work and warns the UK to be patient about the Covid-19 lockdown measures

27 April 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work and warns the UK to be patient about the Covid-19 lockdown measures

Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work and warns the UK to be patient about the Covid-19 lockdown measures

27 April 2020

He said that 'going easy' on self-isolation now risks a 'new wave of death and disease'

First Minister reveals strategy that sketches out ways to ease but not end the lockdown

23 April 2020
First Minister reveals strategy that sketches out ways to ease but not end the lockdown

First Minister reveals strategy that sketches out ways to ease but not end the lockdown

23 April 2020

Nicola Sturgeon says a return to life any time soon as it was before Covid-19 is 'not on the cards'

New figures reveal that those over 75 make up the vast majority of coronavirus deaths in Scotland

22 April 2020
New figures reveal that those over 75 make up the vast majority of coronavirus deaths in Scotland

New figures reveal that those over 75 make up the vast majority of coronavirus deaths in Scotland

22 April 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon issues new information about how the government is tackling the infection in care homes

NHS Highland region coronavirus death toll now stand at 50

22 April 2020
NHS Highland region coronavirus death toll now stand at 50

NHS Highland region coronavirus death toll now stand at 50

22 April 2020

However new reporting figures reveal total for Highland Council area is less than half this number

Inverness is to get a coronavirus testing centre for key workers

20 April 2020
Inverness is to get a coronavirus testing centre for key workers

Inverness is to get a coronavirus testing centre for key workers

20 April 2020

A new drive-through coronavirus testing facility is to open in Highland capital

Highlife Highland furloughs more than 1200 staff to protect service

17 April 2020
Highlife Highland furloughs more than 1200 staff to protect service

Highlife Highland furloughs more than 1200 staff to protect service

17 April 2020

The staff have been sent home on full pay though hundreds have also volunteered to support Highland Council's Covid-19 efforts

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