Newtonmore villagers assured by NHS Highland over Covid tests
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With a second Covid test positive following this week's Strathy story at the primary school, NHS Highland has confirmed it is aware of two confirmed cases of CoVID-19 overall in the village.
Contact tracing has been completed. Both cases are well and they, and their respective households, are in isolation at home as per national guidelines, a spokesperson said.
"We are aware that there was some local anxiety in the local community last weekend about a potential link to the local primary school.
"The health protection team at NHS Highland have fully explored this and ruled out any source of ongoing infection associated with the primary school which is now shut for the summer holidays.
"Whilst we do not recommend testing for people that do not have symptoms, we are aware that during the past week, more than 200 local residents have presented themselves for testing either at the Mobile Testing Centre in Kingussie or used a postal kit - and all these tests reported to date have been negative."
NHS Highland is reassuring the villagers: "We do not believe there to be an increased risk of CoVID-19 infection to the wider community at this time.
"However these cases are a reminder that the virus can recur even in rural communities and so everyone should continue to adhere to physical distancing guidelines, wear a face-covering when in enclosed spaces, clean your hands and surfaces regularly and immediately self-isolate if you develop symptoms."
