Ayrshire's two biggest hospitals with immediate effect.All other hospitals will continue to support two designated visitors, officials confirmed.Jennifer Wilson, interim nurse director explains: “As community prevalence of COVID-19 continues to rise, we are seeing increasing numbers in our acute hospitals, University Ayr and Crosshouse."In order to limit the spread and maintain the safety of all our patients and staff, we have had to make the difficult decision to suspend visiting in these hospitals."Please be assured that we will be carefully monitoring the situation and will look forward to welcoming back visitors when it is safe to do so."We know this will be difficult for our patients and their families and ask for your co-operation to.