Falkirk councillor self-isolates over Coronavirus fears

Labour man Alan Nimmo has become the first Falkirk councillor to self-isolate because of possible Coronavirus symptoms.
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The Lower Braes representative began a seven days home seclusion yesterday on the advice of his GP, after he became concerned at experiencing viral symptoms.

He said today: “It’s perhaps worth emphasising that others, perhaps with the same symptoms, should be cautious and do the same as I have.

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“I also have an underlying health condition which has been affected by this condition.

Lower Braes Labour councillor Alan Nimmo.Lower Braes Labour councillor Alan Nimmo.
Lower Braes Labour councillor Alan Nimmo.

“Stay safe, that’s the main thing. I will be working from home in the meantime so constituents can still get in touch with me”.

Last month Falkirk MP John McNally went into self-isolation after attending the London Bus Fair, where it was later reported one of the estimated 250 attendees was infected with Coronavirus.

Mr McNally - who suffered no symptoms - received the news from an English Labour MP while travelling to a speaking engagement at St Andrew’s University, and promptly returned home.

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