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Coronavirus / Coronavirus news update – 19 March

HOW are you affected by coronavirus? Are you in self-isolation or are you working ridiculously long hours? Is your job threatened or are you stranded overseas and don’t know how to get back to Shetland/the UK?

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Here is a summary of today’s (Thursday) coronavirus news:

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Other useful links:

Shetland Islands Council has created a special page with regularly updated information on how the council’s services are affected by the coronavirus pandemic: https://www.shetland.gov.uk/coronavirus.asp

The English language Faroese news service Local.fo reports that the number of coronavirus cases on the archipelago has risen from 58 and 72 over the last 24 hours.

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