More than 200 inmates and 70 staff have been infected at HMP Norwich
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A prison guard has lifted the lid on how a mass coronavirus outbreak ripped through HMP Norwich.
A surge in Covid cases in December and January at the Knox Road prison was one reason for the city’s soaring levels of infections last month. At the start of the year, the area around the prison recorded one of the highest infection rates in the country.
One guard said he was aware of several infected prisoners who had been released into the community when their sentences were up and said he feared that further spread the virus.
Lizzie Meadows is Biorepository Project Manager at the Quadram Institute on Norwich Research Park
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Lizzie Meadows, Biorepository Project Manager at the Quadram Institute on Norwich Research Park, explains how her work project managing a library of human tissue samples is contributing to the national effort against Covid-19.
Lizzie loves the mountains and has trekked the Himalayas
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Each month, those working at the pioneering heart of Norwich Research Park tell us how their work is shaping the world we live in. Read their stories here.
What does your role involve?
I am responsible for project managing Norwich Research Park’s Biorepository to create a state-of-the-art, world-class facility. I lead teams from the Quadram Institute, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and University of East Anglia (UEA). I also provide project management support to the Quadram Institute’s genome sequencing team who are contributing
The majority of staff members at Norfolk s three main hospitals are being inoculated at their own places of work.
Vulnerable and elderly patients are still being prioritised, but the Norfolk and Norwich (NNUH), James Paget (JPUH) and Queen Elizabeth (QEH) are making time to protect their own.
As of February 3, NNUH - the county s largest hospital - had
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) has given 10,000 vaccines to staff
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Providing a more recent update, the QEH said on Tuesday that 3,658 of its workers had received initial doses - 97pc of its permanent staff.
Data for JPUH has not been publicised since the