8,726 deaths have been registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to 7 February 2021
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May 2021 Scottish Parliament Elections Update #Orkney
On the 6th of May the elections for the Scottish Parliament will take place. If you are aged 16 or over that day, resident in Scotland and registered to vote, you will be able to take part.
David Stewart MSP #Covid “passports could be an additional longer-term strategy to quarantine”
David Stewart ,MSP Labour, has continued to press the Scottish Government on the issue of Covid Passports.
Maree Todd MSP: Ensuring a ‘green recovery’
“At a national level, a green recovery is at the heart of successive Scottish Government policy publications, including the 2020-21 Programme for Government and the Climate Change Plan update.”
On Being Ourselves Again
“After all the restrictions are removed, when Covid is finally defeated, I hope that some of Orkney’s funky musicians get together, put on a gig, play that funky music”
Around Orkney in the #Snow
Some images from around Orkney
Murder Mystery: The Evidence Against Richard III
It’s one of the most intriguing mysteries in English history . What happened to the Princes in the Tower?
The Forgotten ‘C’ of the #Covid Crisis
The impact the covid pandemic has had on cancer treatments has been devastating. In March 2020 when the country went into its first lockdown, other medical procedures were put on hold, including many of those for people undergoing cancer treatments.
How flowering plants may have regulated atmospheric oxygen
“Ultimately, the source of free oxygen in the Earth System is photosynthesis, but that is the result of a chemical balance in the biosphere and hydrosphere that operates at the surface and just beneath it in sediments. “
#Covid Vaccinations in Orkney 65 – 69 Age Group
The following categories are now being invited to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the mass vaccination clinic this weekend at the (new) Balfour, 13th and 14th February.