A hangar at Prestwick Airport is being prepared to be used an emergency morgue during the coronavirus pandemic.

We told on Tuesday how Glasgow City Council confirmed a warehouse in Hillington was being transformed into a temporary mortuary for the city.

And now, a joint statement from South, East and North Ayrshire councils have confirmed plans for a facility at the airport.

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The statement read: "As part of our contingency measures in relation to COVID-19, we have taken an all Ayrshire approach to facilitate a temporary body storage facility at Prestwick Airport.

"The three Ayrshire Councils are in regular contact with the NHS and Funeral Directors across the region to assess their capacity to manage any additional deaths throughout this period.

"The Prestwick facility will only be used in the event that Funeral Directors can no longer manage any additional deaths."

In Ayrshire and Arran, there have been 503 positive cases of coronavirus.

Across Scotland, that figure sits at 7102. There have been 779 deaths in Scotland.

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