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Frontline staff working for NHS Shetland are being tested for coronavirus. The health board's chief executive Michael Dickson says the board has been working with occupational health to "identify at risk" workers. The number of cases in Shetland now stands at 29. Meanwhile, the council's de... Read more...
The Scottish government is no longer calling on local authorities to deliver 1,140 hours of funded childcare from August because of the coronavirus pandemic. But officials at Shetland Islands Council insist they are already well on the way to delivering the target in any case. The SNP administ... Read more...
The farming union is reiterating its call for volunteers to come forward and support crofters or farmers who fall ill during the Covid-19 pandemic. The local branch of the National Farmers Union of Scotland is establishing a support group to help get the work done if people are struck down with t... Read more...
The council's depute leader has offered reassurances to families that loved ones staying in care homes are receiving the "very best care possible". Emma Macdonald was speaking after this weekend's news that two residents in an isles care home had tested positive for the virus. In a separate ca... Read more...
A fundraising effort launched by a local musician in aid of Shetland Food bank has raised over £2,000, easily beating its £500 target. Jack Sandison set up a JustGiving page after reading of the food bank's problems brought on by the coronavirus crisis. He organised a live “busking” sess... Read more...
A major new fundraising effort is helping to supply crucial scrubs to staff at the Gilbert Bain Hospital as the fight against coronavirus intensifies. Lerwick businessman Ghufar Razaq of Home Furnishing of Lerwick has set up a Facebook page to raise funds for more fabrics and haberdashery which w... Read more...
An offshore crew member was airlifted from a floating production storage vessel west of the isles and tested positive for Covid-19. The worker was airlifted from the Hurricaine Energy's Aoka Mizu vessel in the Lancaseter field and taken to the mainland, where he subsequently tested positive for t... Read more...
Two residents in an isles care home and an unconnected patient at the Gilbert Bain Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19. NHS Shetland says their families have been informed and the patients are being cared for in isolation. It comes as the health board has learned of other care home res... Read more...
The Gremista waste recycling plant is now closed to the public and will reopen when movement restrictions allow. The bulky items collection service by Shetland Islands Council has also been suspended. Household collections are still operating as normal but may change depending on staff availab... Read more...
Shetland Arts has followed its venue closures last week with the decision to cancel all remaining events until the end of June as part of the effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19. The organisation’s international summer school, Folk Frenzy, due to run from 2nd to 8th August, has also been ca... Read more...