More than 18 hospital wards across mainland Scotland were closed due to the highly contagious Nora / Noro bug which can cause sickness, diarrhoea and flu like symptoms for up to three days. The Western Isles have however escaped the worst of the Nora / Noro bug.
As people to have returned to work across the Western Isles offices have been advised to tell their staff to stay at home and take in lots of fluids if any symptoms are shown.