Daily Coronavirus Round-Up: 2/4/20

A Blairgowrie mum who's had two kidney transplants is telling Tay News of the drastic measures she must take to keep herself safe from covid-19.

Angie Shannon can't have any human contact as she's deemed most at risk of getting the virus.

This means she's had to divide her home - with certain rooms for her and some for her husband.

V&A Dundee is on the lookout for a new leader.

Founding director Philip Long is to step down this summer to join the National Trust for Scotland.

Elsewhere in Tayside:

Staff at Inch View Primary School in Perth have created a special rendition of the theme tune from TV show Friends in a bid to lift spirits during isolation.

The lip-sync video is filmed from the homes of teachers with guest appearances from children and pets.

Principal Teacher Gilian Wishart designed the video.

"We made a music video because after week 1 of isolation we were missing our families," she said.

"Our Deputy Head Lisa Miller came up with the idea, and then I started to put it together.

"Our staff all got on board and had loads of fun filming with their family's and pets at home."

National:

There’s been a dramatic rise in Scotland’s death toll linked to Covid-19.

But we’re being told 40 of the 50 newly reported deaths didn’t happen over the last 24 hours.

They were unreported to due to delays in notifying families.

Nicola Sturgeon’s described every death as a tragedy and says changes are on the way to how they’re reported.

"From now on the daily figure of confirmed deaths reported by Health Protection Scotland will no longer rely simply on notifications by individual health boards.

"Instead HPS will use validated National Record of Scotland figures."

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