A worker on the Tern Alpha oil platform has been quarantined after displaying symptoms of suspected coronavirus.
Platform operator Taqa have said that the worker, who has recently returned from a holiday to Thailand, will be kept in isolation after displaying minor symptoms of the illness.
A testing kit will be flown to the platform.
The Tern Alpha platform is situated around 105 miles north-east of Shetland.
Almost 10,000 Shetlanders have received flu and coronavirus vaccine boosters since the programme began in autumn with 6,000 eligible patients still to be vaccinated.
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