Page 3 - Julia Burrows News Today

× BARNSLEY will remain in tier three of the government’s four-tier system, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced. It was announced at 3pm today that South Yorkshire - Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and Rotherham - will remain in tier three until at least mid-January. However the town’s public health director, Julia Burrows, has warned Barnsley could move into tier four in the future due to rising cases and a supposed ‘super strain’ of the vir...

× BARNSLEY is still in a ‘precarious’ position despite the town’s dwindling coronavirus infection rate, the borough’s health bosses have warned. Since the start of November, the town’s seven-day coronavirus rate has been on a downward spiral, heading from 556.2 positive cases per 100,000 population at November’s peak, to just 136.9 per 100,000 as of December 8. Despite this, the current trend is levelling out and the rate in over 65s is start...

× AN 83-year-old became the first person in Barnsley to be vaccinated against coronavirus as part of a national rollout this week - and questioned why others deemed vulnerable would opt against taking it. The widespread vaccination programme started in the town on Tuesday as Herbert Barker, from Wombwell, received the ground-breaking vaccine. GP practices across the town have come together to set up a local vaccination service in Barnsley which will start ...

× GOVERNMENT ministers who opted to keep Barnsley in its tier three bracket yesterday - despite a sharp decline in coronavirus cases during the last six weeks - have been urged to include local leaders in the future decision-making process. The borough will remain in strict measures for the Christmas period after health secretary Matt Hancock announced only Bristol and North Somerset would move from tier three to two. It had been hoped Barnsley’s hospita...