Perth Royal Infirmary as preparations for an influx of more infected patients intensifies. The Tay Ward will be operating as a temporary COVID care facility and is understood to act as an isolating area for elderly patients who test positive. Luxury Highland Perthshire hotel raises over £50k to aid tree conservation Patients aged 65 and above are believed to be kept there for eight to 14 days after being diagnosed with COVID-19, with their treatment to continue once given the all clear.
These new measures come in to effect as the latest public COVID numbers for Perth and Kinross were released by Public Health Scotland.
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