Almost 30 coronavirus cases have been recorded at a care home in South Lanarkshire as residents and staff self-isolate.
The managing director of Lindsayfield Lodge in East Kilbride confirmed to East Kilbride News that two units at the care home had been hit by the virus as 22 patients and five employees tested positive.
Members of staff have now been told not to return to work until they have been tested negative.
Managing director of Northcare, Margaret Sawyers, said: “We have eight positive cases amongst residents in one unit, and 14 in another.
“We have five members of staff with the condition too and they have been sent home to isolate.
“As soon as any staff member shows any symptoms, they are sent home.”
The care home has recorded seven deaths due to coronavirus throughout the pandemic but has insisted thorough measures are in place in accordance with Scottish Government health advice.
Ms Sawyers added: “This has been our first outbreak at the home since the first three weeks in the first wave.
“We don’t have issues with access to PPE for staff and are just about to introduce the 11-minute testing kits this week – that’s across all seven homes.
“We also have thermal detection cameras at the home that check the temperature of staff when they come in in the morning. Anyone showing signs of a temperature is asked to go home and not come into the building.”
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