Councillor Clive Hooker, the new chairman, was a magistrate for more than 30 years. The chairman role is the formal representative of West Berkshire Council. As well as chairing council meetings they officiate at civic functions and welcome distinguished visitors of national and international significance on behalf of the district. Cllr Hooker, who represents Downlands ward, was appointed to the role at West Berkshire Council’s Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 6. The new chairman said: “It’s an honour to have been elected as chairman. I’m looking forward to the year ahead and, Covid permitting, getting out and about to attend local events on behalf of the council.
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Testing sites LOCAL community Covid-19 testing is now underway in West Berkshire. Burghfield Community Sports Association and Hungerford Rugby Club will open today (February 22) as community (lateral flow) Covid-19 testing sites, helping to protect those most at risk and to drive down transmission rates. Tests will be conducted using rapid turnaround tests supplied by NHS Test and Trace. These two new sites join the existing sites at Highwood Copse Primary School, Newbury and Thatcham Rugby Club as part of the community testing initiative run by West Berkshire Council in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care. Around one in three people who are infected with Covid-19 have no symptoms and could be spreading the disease without knowing it. Broadening testing to identify people showing no symptoms will mean that positive cases can be found more quickly, helping to break the chain of transmission.
During the pandemic 83 people have died at West Berkshire care homes after testing positive for Covid-19 THE government has been blamed for the “appalling” Covid-19 care home death toll in West Berkshire. The latest figures show there have been 83 Covid-related care home deaths in the district during the pandemic and this has caused demand for council-funded care to drop significantly. More than three quarters (64) of those deaths occurred between March and August in 2020. Cllr Alan Macro (Liberal Democrat) said: “This is an appalling situation that has been made far, far worse by this Conservative government’s actions and inactions. “Things like discharging patients into hospitals with no tests, a lack of PPE in hospitals and care homes. The list goes on and on.