A CABBIES leader has called for taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to be made a priority group for coronavirus vaccination. Ashraf Mangera, who chairs the Blackburn with Darwen Hackney Carriage Association, said they should be treated as frontline workers in the pandemic. Blackburn with Darwen Council s director of public health Professor Dominic Harrison give qualified backing to moving the drivers up the priority list in the future. Mr Mangera said: I believe all taxi and private hire vehicle drivers should be a priority group for the coronavirus vaccination. They are frontline workers in this pandemic. They are used to drive key vulnerable groups around such as the elderly and the disabled, often to hospital or to and from care homes.
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When will Tier restrictions be reviewed and what do Tier 3 areas need to do? (PA) YESTERDAY, Matt Hancock updated the commons on which areas in England will be moving into Tier 3 from Saturday. As was expected, East Lancashire remained under Tier 3 restrictions, meaning hospitality will have to remain close over the festive period. After yesterday s announcement, Blackburn with Darwen s public health director Professor Dominic Harrison said that he believes the area could remain under the higest level of restrictions until the end of January. The Health Secretary told MPs Tier 3 restrictions will be extended across a wide area of East and South East England.
LANCASHIRE will remain under tier 3 Covid-19 restrictions the Local Democracy Reporting Service understands. Multiple local sources say that they have been advised that there will be no change to the regulations, which will now remain in place – other than for a five-day Christmas window – through until the new year. This news has not come as a surprise for East Lancashire leaders after Blackburn with Darwen s public health director Professor Dominic Harrison and his Lancashire counterpart Dr. Sakthi Karunanithi said yesterday that it was unlikely that the county would be moved into tier two. Speaking before the announcement, Labour MP for Blackburn Kate Hollern said: The infection rate in Blackburn fell dramatically over the lockdown period which is testament to the sheer hard work of the vast majority in sticking to the rules.