Health officials have identified a 'significant' outbreak of Covid-19 - including a small number of Omicron variant cases - in the Highlands.
16.11.2021 - 22:35 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Some 291 positive coronavirus cases have been reported to be linked to Cop-26- related activities, initial assessments have discovered.
Findings from Public Health Scotland (PHS), released on Tuesday, were drawn by assessing the number of people who reported to Test and Protect that they had been to an event related to the climate summit, including workshops and protests outside the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow.
PHS also estimated that just four out of every 1,000 people in the conference
Health officials have identified a 'significant' outbreak of Covid-19 - including a small number of Omicron variant cases - in the Highlands.
Steps are confirmed to be among Scotland’s rising cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron.Scotland had recorded 29 cases of the Omicron variant by Thursday (December 3).
A further 3,002 Covid cases have been confirmed in Scotland within the last 24 hours.
Health bosses are reminding to do their bit to stop the spread of covid in the face of the new Omicron variant being discovered in Scotland.
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Eight more cases of the new Omicron variant of Coronavirus have been confirmed in England, including in the North West.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said he expects Omicron cases to "rise over the coming days", as experts warned the new Covid variant could reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.
Two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been identified in the UK.
The Scottish Government has confirmed there have been 2,287 new Covid-19 cases in the latest 24 hour period.
The Scottish Government has confirmed there have been 2,527 new Covid cases in the latest 24 hour period.
The Scottish Government has confirmed there have been 2,481 new covid cases in the latest 24 hour period.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that there have been no deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
There are 13 local authorities in Scotland with the high infections rate as the pandemic continues into winter 2021.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that 19 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that one person has died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that 13 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
UB40 have postponed their tour dates in Scotland amid fears over rising Covid cases across the country.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that 17 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours,
A Scottish Government minister is isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 two days after speaking at COP26.
John Swinney is set to give an update to the Scottish Parliament later today on the coronavirus situation across the country.