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Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast, around 16 miles ENE of Dundee and 45 miles SSW of Aberdeen.

Coronavirus: death in the nursing home with 56 cases

May 4,2020 5:11 pm

died is A resident in a nursing home on the Isle of Skye, where 56 people tested positive for coronavirus.

The outbreak was last week.

the society, The home, HC said 29 of the house were confirmed in 34 residents and 27 staff, have The Virus .

A spokesman for the house said: "Our thoughts and sympathies are with The Family that has lost a loved one. "

One of the army mobile Test unit has been Set Up on The Island of Skye after the outbreak.

" Local MSP Kate Forbes , which said the Scottish Government 's Finance Secretary, that the contact-tracing could be used to keep track of on The Island , the spread of The Virus .

"Skye, as a self-contained island community, shows the advantages of the contact-tracing, and I think that contact tracing is an important part of our ability, on The Island of Skye in dealing with the outbreak," She Said .

"This is an essential part of the NHS Highland response, as you can see, that increased testing capacity and The Way that they have already started to make contact, not only with those who have tested, but with your households as well. "

Ms Forbes said, some members of the staff had a part-time employment in the community, as well as for her work in the nursing home, contact-tracing "major" way with The Virus .

Former Scottish Tory leader Baroness Goldie, speaking on the same program, said the Test strategy on The Island should be designed to "absolutely ensure the safety of residents."

Despite The Situation on The Island of Skye, the Minister of defence said it was clear that the UK was "past peak" of The Virus .

"Worrying situation"

She Said : "I don't want to diminish in any way the serious and the horror of what is happening in the nursing home, this is a very tragic and disturbing situation.

"But the data shows that The Peak is over.

"We see deaths start to fall, we see the infection rates start to fall, we see to fall hospital admissions begin, but this is not A Sign that we can relax the restrictions. "

the Baroness Goldie urged the people to comply with the restrictions, The Virus is under control, saying it was important that the measures are not repealed too soon.

last week, soldiers mobile testing sites Set Up in Dunoon, Motherwell, Prestwick Airport, Elgin, Galashiels, Stranraer and Peterhead.

three more pages are added This Week , in Peterhead, Thurso and Arbroath .



isle of skye, coronavirus pandemic, portree, highland council, kate forbes, ian blackford

Source of news: bbc.com

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