COVID-19 vaccinations being offered by Hertfordshire and west Essex GPs HUNDREDS of residents aged 80 and over will receive their first COVID-19 immunisation at a vaccination centre near their homes this week.  GP-led local vaccination centres are beginning to open their doors in Hertfordshire and…

MASS Covid testing of secondary-school pupils in England is to be greatly increased in January, in an attempt to reduce the numbers being sent home reports the BBC. Any students who have been in contact with a positive case will be offered seven days of…

HARLOW is to go into Tier 3. This will take place at 00.01 hrs on Wednesday December 16th. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has issued a statement in the House of Commons. More follows. Tier 3 is for the highest-risk areas, and is expected to go…

By Local Democracy Reporter A LEADING doctor at Broomfield Hospital specialising in respiratory infections has indicated Essex is heading for Tier 3 restrictions – warning that January looks “very grim”. In a sober message on Facebook Dr Steve Jenkins, a respiratory consultant at Broomfield Hospital,…

AMONG the figures we have been publishing is the breakdown of Covid-19 infections in different parts of the town. The areas you see are divided into geographic areas of approximately 7,500 each. The area of Old Harlow and Newhall is showing a worrying rate of…

Give the gift of support this Christmas to your local hospital  THE Princess Alexandra Hospitals’ Charity have started a Christmas fundraising appeal to support their patients during the festive season. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) are no…

AMONG the figures we have been publishing is the breakdown of Covid-19 infections in different parts of the town. The areas you see are divided into geographic areas of approximately 7,500 each. In todays table: Seven areas have gone down. Three have gone up and…

THERE has been another five deaths due to Covid-19 at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow since our last report (Thursday). That brings a total of twenty nine deaths for November and twenty-one in December. This takes the total number of deaths at PAH to…

THE infection rate in Harlow has increased again. Todays chart states there are now 234.3 cases per 100,000. According to the tables we have been following, that is its highest rate. On Saturday, we reported on the first decrease for quite a while. A fall…

Increase in Community Covid-19 testing to focus on secondary school age children COVID-19 testing for the community, with a particular focus on secondary school age children, is being increased as cases continue to rise in parts of Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. Young people of secondary…

Tier 2 continues to be right for Essex, Council Leader tells Government AS the Government prepares to review the Covid-19 Tiers which parts of England were placed into two weeks ago, Essex County Council is urging ministers and officials to keep the County in Tier…

AMONG the figures we have been publishing is the breakdown of Covid-19 infections in different parts of the town. The areas you see are divided into geographic areas of approximately 7,500 each. The two areas of concern are Mark Hall and Templefields as well as…

A HARLOW woman has made an appeal to find a man who save her husband’s life. Jackie Ann Morris said: “I wonder if anyone in Harlow could help me please. On Friday afternoon 20th November my husband collapsed in the back of our trailer in…

THE proportion of patients being treated for Covid-19 who caught the virus in hospital has risen sharply amid reports of A&E overcrowding and shortcomings in testing reports The Times. Nearly one in five Covid patients treated in English hospitals in November are believed to have…