THE Scottish Ambulance Service insists patients are not at risk after a member of staff at its Dunfermline depot tested positive for COVID-19.

Several members of staff from the Pitreavie Business Park base have been sent home to self-isolate.

The Press understands around nine employees have been affected.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: "A number of Scottish Ambulance Service staff at Dunfermline are self-isolating as a precaution after a member of staff tested positive for COVID-19.

"All staff wear appropriate PPE which reduces the risk of transmission from clinicians or patients, therefore no patients would be at risk.

“Meanwhile, Health Protection Scotland will follow Test and Protect procedures to inform patients who came into contact with SAS staff and we have robust procedures in place to ensure there are appropriate resources in place.”

On Tuesday evening, Carnegie Primary was forced to close after a seventh positive coronavirus case.

There are now a total of seven classes in self-isolation along with a number of members of staff and the school will now re-open after the October holiday.

Four positive cases confirmed over the weekend led to five classes being told to stay at home.

After the latest cases were identified, NHS Fife said the decision to close the school due to staffing issues was made after further investigation and a risk assessment.

Schoolchildren will now not return until the start of the new term on October 26, however, the nursery is unaffected and will remain open as normal.

A statement from NHS Fife said: "P1C and P3B are now being asked to isolate as a precautionary measure, as well as P1A, P1/2, P2/3, P5/6 and P6B who are already isolating," said the statement. "All other pupils do not need to isolate.

"A number of members of staff are now isolating as a precaution.

"Remote learning will be in place for the remaining days of this term.

"Anyone who develops any of the established symptoms of the virus, such as a fever or a loss or change in taste or smell or a new and continuous cough, should arrange testing using the UK Government Citizens’ Portal at: https://www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test or by calling 0800 028 2816."

A fourth positive case linked to Pitreavie Primary was also confirmed this week with all identified contacts in the school asked to self-isolate. This followed three classes at Pitreavie being asked to stay at home last month.

A single case was also announced at Donibristle Primary on Tuesday evening; NHS Fife said all children in Primary 7 were considered to be potential contacts and had been told to isolate as a precaution. The remainder of the school is unaffected and all other children were attending as normal yesterday.

Six people with links to Rosyth seafood company Mowi have also tested positive for COVID-19, however, NHS Fife say there is "no evidence at this stage" to suggest widespread transmission of the virus amongst staff working at the facility.

A spokesperson for Mowi said the six employees were self-isolating. "These cases form two separate ‘clusters’, which originated outside of the workplace and are not linked," he said. "We carried out immediate contact-tracing internally, with a number of other employees now also self-isolating at home as a precaution; and all potential areas of transmission received additional deep-cleaning immediately."