NHS Grampian apologise to local businesses
A list of venues linked to the covid-19 cluster was published - with some businesses not contacted prior.
NHS Grampian have apologised after several local businesses were published in a list of venues linked to the covid-19 cluster in Aberdeen - without being contacted first.
Here's their statement:
"Our investigations involve interviewing each detected case about where they have gone and who they may have met. As part of this we compiled a list of venues visited by these individuals This list was shared in the interests of openness and transparency. "
"It was not shared to assign blame, to suggest a venue was a source of infection or to suggest everyone who attended these venues is at an additional risk. We worked hard to communicate directly with those venues in advance of publishing the list and apologise unreservedly to those we did not reach. We know this has led to a great deal of anxiety for these businesses, their staff and their customers."
"We are ensuring this communication is taking place and appropriate support is being provided by ourselves and our local authority partners as appropriate."