Outbreaks On Scottish Islands ‘Believed To Be Under Control’

Covid 19 outbreaks on a number of Scottish islands are “believed are be under control” , the national clinical director has said.

NHS Western Isles confirmed 10 positive cases on Barra. One positive case has been identified on Benbecula, while Orkney has one case and Shetland has four cases.

However, Professor Jason Leitch said the islands are “not seeing sustained community transmission” and the Western Isles had seen no new cases in the last 24 hours.

Prof Leitch said one of the key things was whether all the positive cases could be related to other positive cases.

“We’ve seen how fragile the position is across the rest of the country and we keep that under constant review, ” he said.