Scotland’s Test & Protect service was rolled out across Scotland on 28 May and has since launched a ‘Protect Scotland’ app to assist in contact tracing.
Orkney & Shetland Record New Cases of #Covid19
Today, 19th of September 2020, 350 new cases of the virus Covid19 were reported in Scotland. Sadly there were also 3 deaths of people who had tested positive.
NHS Orkney Urges Islanders to Download Protect Scotland #Covid Tracing App
People in Orkney are being urged to download the new Protect Scotland app to supress the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Protect Scotland: #Covid Tracing App
The App is free to download and is for people who live in or who are visiting Scotland.
What to expect if you’re called by a contact tracer
If you have to self isolate there is support available to enable to do so safely.
What to expect if you’re called by a contact tracer
contact tracers will introduce themselves, state the reason for their call, and will always identify the call recipient by name
4,000 Reported Deaths in Scotland Where #Covid19 Is A Factor
Also published was the number of staff and residents in Care Homes who had been tested for Covid 19.
Stay at Home Scotland
“Let me emphasise at the outset that the lockdown in Scotland remains in place.” Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland
Contact Tracing – Cutting the Engine of the Pandemic
“It is essential to cut the engine of the pandemic at its source: separate healthy people from suspected and probable cases.”Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge