A Scots hospital ward has been closed to new admissions due to a Covid-19 outbreak, an NHS spokesman said. NHS Highland said Ward 7a at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, is shut to new admissions and visitors following the detection of a small number of Covid-19 cases.
Patients are being clinically assessed and monitored with normal in-patient care continuing.The NHS spokesman said: "There is no evidence of any link between these cases and those in ward 5a, which also remains closed to new admissions and visiting."Tests are establishing whether any of the cases are of the Omicron variant and the results are expected next week.Consultant microbiologist Adam Brown said: "The fact that we have apparently unrelated instances of Covid-19 in two