A STUDY by the University of Oxford has found that daily testing of secondary school students who were in contact with someone with COVID-19 was just as effective in controlling school transmission as the current 10-day contact isolation policy.  Burnt Mill Academy took part in…

ABOUT one in three middle-aged people has multiple chronic health issues, a long-running British study suggests reports then BBC. The 1970 British Cohort Study has been periodically tracking the lives of about 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week. Nearly 8,000…

OVER two-thirds (67%) of East of England-based paramedics who took part in a major UK-wide survey by their professional body, the College of Paramedics, said they had feared for their safety or felt threatened while carrying out their duties.  This is slightly below the UK-wide figure…

WITH release from lockdown now passed, we have decided to bring back our daily Covid-19 report. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. The report covers UK figures; Princess Alexandra Hospital figures;…

THE chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency Jenny Harries has told LGC she is currently “taking stock” of plans still officially in place for her newly formed organisation to base themselves at a site in Harlow which had been previously earmarked for Public…

THE Director for Public Health in Essex is calling on secondary pupils and their families to continue Covid-19 testing over the summer holidays to help Keep Covid in Check. As schools break up across Essex, the county’s Director for Public Health – Dr Mike Gogarty…

THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has appointed a new chair of their board following the retirement of their former chair last month (June). Hattie Llewelyn-Davies OBE joins PAHT in September and will continue in her current role as chair of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS…

SUPERMARKET depot workers and food manufacturers will be exempt from quarantine rules as the government tries to prevent food supply problems. The move comes after the rising number of retail workers being forced to self-isolate was beginning to affect the availability of some products. The…

THE number of vaccines issued in Harlow improved after last week’s dip when just 866 were issued. There were 2,682 vaccines issued. Most weeks, the number of vaccines issued has been anywhere between 3 and 4,000. There were 647 first vaccines. There were 2,035 second…

CORONAVIRUS rates are around a third higher in men – likely to be related to the impact of Euro 2020, says Essex’s director of public health. The average infection rate in Essex in men is 550 per 100,000 – compared to 420 per 100,000 in…

By Local Democracy Reporter A MORE targeted vaccination programme is to be rolled out in west Essex given that the area has lower vaccination rates. Around 75 per cent of people have received their first dose in Harlow – with 57 per cent having received…

Nurses and other NHS workers in England have been offered a 3% pay rise by government ‘in recognition of unique impact of the pandemic’ on staff reports the BBC. It comes after heavily criticised proposals made by the Department for Health and Social Care in…

WITH release from lockdown now passed, we have decided to bring back our daily Covid-19 report. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. The report covers UK figures; Princess Alexandra Hospital figures;…

REMAIN cautious and continue to take sensible steps to Keep Covid in Check, is the latest message from Essex County Council’s (ECC) Director for Public Health, Dr Mike Gogarty.  The advice comes as today (Monday 19 July) marks the first day that all legal Covid-19 restrictions on social contact that have been in place for most of the pandemic, are removed.  Instead, they are being replaced by recommended guidance from…