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Hertfordshire Covid: Parents asked to take two Covid tests a week to stop outbreaks in schools Its a new measure being brought in by Hertfordshire County Council A teacher and students in a classroom at the Jewellery Quarter Academy in Birmingham (Image: Jacob King/PA Wire) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. ...

PLACINGS on the Betfred Super League table will again be determined by Win Points Percentage in 2021, to allow for the possibility of postponements as a result of Covid-19. Clubs will be required to have played a minimum of 70% of their scheduled fixtures to qualify for the Top Six Play-Offs in September (18 matches out of 25) – unless they have earned a position in the top six through league points despite having played fewer than 18 matches. The regulations surrounding postponements ...

HERE are all the places in Essex members of the public can get tested for Covid whether they have symptoms or not.

Colin Cox has praised the ‘phenomenal’ effort of the county’s vaccine roll-out. “The vaccination programme is going well," he said. "There is more than 150,000 people who have had the vaccine, which is around 40 per cent of the adult population, which is just remarkable. “It’s an incredible pace, it’s absolutely phenomenal work by the NHS in a short space of time.” Meanwhile, essential workers who cannot work from home now have more ways to access regular Covid-19 Rapi...

SIX additional Covid-19 testing sites have been opened across Cumbria in Barrow, Dalton, Milnthorpe, Sedburgh, Workington and Whitehaven.

Last week five testing sites opened in Carlisle, Aspatria, Kendal, Penrith, and Millom. This week, six additional sites have been been opened in Barrow in Furness, Dalton, Milnthorpe, Sedbergh, Workington and Whitehaven. Lateral Flow tests give a result in 30 minutes and help identify asymptomatic carriers, people who do have COVID-19 and are infectious but are not ill. These people can then self-isolate to protect others. The testing sites are open to any essential workers who cannot w...

And so one charity has started a network group to help spread up-to-date information about the coronavirus. Spark Somerset, based in Hambridge, has offered Somerset residents the chance to become Covid Community Champions, to help combat the spread of misinformation. And one volunteer - Rachel Wyldes - said she "loves" being part of the group. "The group was recommended to me by Somerset County Council (SCC) as I was setting up as a micro-provider (someone who is self-employed to provid...

AS FOUR Lateral Flow open in , the council has posted a video demonstrating how they work.

Since January, our students and staff have taken over 5,000 lateral Flow Tests, and our pioneering testing programme is continuing to help stop the...

Covid deniers, rule-breakers and keeping people safe: Coventrys Community Covid Advisors An interview with three of the citys Community Covid Advisors 05:00, 21 FEB 2021 A Community Covid Advisor in Coventry. (Image: Supplied) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’...