Testing system is criticised after Covid outbreak at West Lothian care home

OAP is 'close to tears' as swarms of wasps crawl out of the fittings in her sheltered accommodation home. May Fyffe has been plagued by the dangerous bugs for three weeks.

Scroll down for the latest updates.The number of positive coronavirus cases in Scotland has passed 60,000, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.She said 28 coronavirus deaths and 1,202 positive tests have been recorded in the past 24 hours.The First Minster gave the latest Covid-19 figures as the Scottish Government prepares to reveal how a new tiered system of restrictions to tackle the virus will apply across the country.Decisions on which levels will apply to each region will be announced on

lockdown restrictions in the Scottish Parliament today. Members of parliament on all sides of the house will debate the plan drawn up by the government to place different parts of the country into a tiered system similar to the one in England.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the Scottish Government will introduce a new five-tier coronavirus alert system from next month as a further 1,401 people were diagnosed with the disease.Regions will be designated Tier 0 (the least restrictive), Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 or Tier 4 (close to a full lockdown) from Monday, November 2.MSPs at Holyrood will vote on the plans with talks to take place

coronavirus at a Scottish health centre.At least three members of staff are understood to have tested positive for Covid-19 at Motherwell Health Centre in North Lanarkshire in recent days.But a source told the Record of fears that nurses were being advised to go to work and carry out house calls as normal earlier this week - despite some being in contact with infected colleagues from the Windmill Street practice.After their concerns were raised with the health board, staff who had contact with

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserA short consultation period including input from businesses will now take place ahead of a Scottish Parliament vote on Tuesday – after which decisions will be taken on which tier level will apply to each local authority area in Scotland, and will be reviewed weekly.Ms Sturgeon said: “This will allow a national approach if required but also means we don’t have to take a one-size-fits-all approach and parts of the country with low

coronavirus following an outbreak at one of the chain's Scots stores. The members of staff, who work at the department store in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street, are now said to be isolating on full pay after testing positive for the deadly Covid-19 strain.

Covid-19 outbreak at a Scottish care home. The deaths at the Charnwood Lodge Care Home in Dumfries triggered a deep clean and additional infection control measures.

local lockdowns will be introduced across Scotland from next month, it has been reported.Council areas with the highest rate of infections risk being placed in the top tier - which would be similar to the full lockdown imposed in March - while the bottom tier would see areas allowed to return to near normality.Schools would remain open in all cases, but council areas in tier five could see localised closures if infection rates are deemed high enough.It is likely most of the central belt will be

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A brother and sister are pleading with health bosses to reopen Renfrewshire care homes for indoor visiting — so they can hold their father’s hand.Alan and Alison Bruce (pictured left) say the current 30-minute outdoor visits in the Scottish winter are “inhumane” as they urge the Scottish Government to look at a range of measures that would reduce the risk of families bringing Covid-19 into care homes.The

Gabriel Pogrund, was sent to Labour MP Stella Creasy to outline how Serco's involvement has been delivered successully.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Concerns have been raised about deep cleaning standards at a Paisley care home which was at the centre of a major Covid-19 outbreak.Elderslie Care Home was graded as “adequate” for its care and support during the pandemic following a surprise inspection.In a report presented to the Scottish Government, the Care Inspectorate praised "kind and compassionate" staff who were "knowledgeable and informed" about

human trafficking.Police Scotland recruited officers Hiep Nguyen Hoang and Duy Nguyen Xuan for a six-month secondment, where they will be used in raids and routine visits to root out exploited slave labour. The officers, who arrived two weeks ago, are usually based in Hanoi and were recruited after Police Scotland visited Vietnam last year, to foster cross-country links and stem the flow of people smuggling.

cops after they received intelligence about a device at his home accessing child pornography.Officers seized a computer device from the Edinburgh home that Strauka shared with his mother.An examination of the device found in his bedroom uncovered sick footage of girls aged eight to 15.Strauka appeared at the city’s sheriff court on Thursday and admitted possessing child porn between January 10 and February 20 last year.The court heard Strauka was a Lithuanian national who had lived in the UK for

GP who was sacked while taking time off to care for her dying father has been given £16,000 compensation.Dr Alison Sneddon was working part-time at Tranent Medical Practice in East Lothian when her dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2019.He moved into her home in North Berwick, East Lothian, but the toll of caring for him left her feeling unable to work and she was signed off by her GP.Dr Sneddon offered to take unpaid leave but the offer was declined and, three days before her dad died,

Perth -based care provider says relaxation of home visitation rules is “ill-thought-out” and putting staff and residents “at possible risk”.

Glasgow care home has been left devastated after losing its first resident to Covid-19 after staying clear of the virus during the first wave. A number of staff and residents at David Cargill House, in the city’s West End, have recently tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.

Nicola Sturgeon said.As Boris Johnson prepared to unveil the new covid alert levels for parts of England, the First Minister said a similar graded system would be introduced in Scotland after two weeks of local lockdowns currently in place expire.

Steven Leslie was the first Scottish Prison Service officer to die from the virus. The death of Steven, 59, was described by union bosses as an “enormous loss” deeply felt by his colleagues.

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