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Holidays in the UK could be popular if foreign travel is off limits this summer.

However, Stornaway resident Catriona Morrison has started a petition urging visitors to stay away from the Western Isles, where there have so far been no registered coronavirus deaths.

Catriona works in a care home and, with a big elderly population, she thinks island communities would struggle to cope with an outbreak of the virus.

"We've always been very welcoming but at the moment we are just trying to look after ourselves," she tells BBC Radio Scotland. "We are behind the peak in London or Glasgow. Maybe once we are passed a peak, we could review it then. If everyone just stays in their own communities until this passes, then we should be okay."

At the moment, the ferry services to the islands are for essential travel only.