Health

Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced he wants the UK to ramp-up coronavirus testing to 250,000 tests a day to “turn the tide within 12 weeks.”

There has been one more case of coronavirus confirmed in the Highlands in the last 24 hours.

A DAY centre service for people living with dementia is being halted "with immediate effect" in two Ross-shire communities.

High Life Highland will close its facilities across the Highlands to help minimise social contact during the ongoing coronavirus emergency.

The Highlands' only top flight football team is closing the doors of its club shop amid growing uncertainty over the cornonavirus.

THERE have been no more cases of coronavirus confirmed in the Highlands in the last 24 hours.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that schools will almost certainly close on Friday.

THREE more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Highlands - as the number of Scottish people testing positive for Covid-19 rose to 195.

People with an outpatient appointment at Raigmore Hospital are being advised it could be replaced by a telephone or video consultation or postponed.

Two more Ross-shire primary schools have closed, or partially closed, today.

Inverness Ice Centre has become the latest facility to close after government advice on how to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

A CHARITY was set up by a Black Isle couple after their son took his own life will mark its second anniversary this month.

AN Easter Ross secondary serving a town where two primary schools have been closed as a precautionary measure will be open today.

Top Highland Council officials have revealed that work is well under way to deal with the impact on services presented by the coronavirus outbreak.

Top Highland Council officials have revealed that work is well under way to deal with the impact on services presented by the coronavirus outbreak.

NHS Highland is backing a new national drink awareness campaign.

Port of Cromarty Firth to close to cruise ships for one month

Face-to-face teaching at the colleges and research institutions of the University of the Highlands and Islands is to be suspended from 5pm on Friday.

Organisers of the Etape Loch Ness 2020 event have announced that it will be postponed until September.

THE region remains with two official coronavirus cases, according to today's Scottish Government statistics.