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‘Nearly 9,000 health and social care staff yet to have their Covid jabs’ across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes region Some 8,900 health and social care staff across the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) region are set to receive letters urging them to take their covid vaccines, a meeting heard. Thursday, 4th February 2021, 4:12 pm And the BLMK partnership board, which brings together council and health service leaders, was also told that people in most vulnerable cohorts 1-4 could also be written to within days to overcome stubborn levels of “vaccine hesitancy”. The ...

Bedfordshire Covid: Luton infection rate reaches new high as cases rise again across county The situation is worsening in Bedfordshire Ambulances line up as a government sponsored electronic sign gives out coronavirus pandemic information (Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) 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. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer...

Live: Boris Johnson addresses nation on Christmas and Covid crisis - updates Coronavirus cases have been soaring in some parts of England as European countries restrict UK travel (Image: Getty Images) Boris Johnson is set to address the nation this afternoon (Monday) in an urgent update on the coronavirus crisis. The Prime Minister will lead the press conference following emergency talks with ministers around France banning lorries carrying freight from the UK. Other key transport links have also been cut as nations across Europe - and the world - refuse to allow entry to anyone from the UK....

Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring) The move comes amid reports that the Prime Minister could order new travel restrictions for South East England in an attempt to stop it spreading to the rest of the country. The chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty said the UK had now informed the World Health Organisation that it had concluded the mutant strain could spread more quickly. “As announced on Monday, the UK has identified a new variant of Covid-19 through Public Health England’s genomic surveillance,” he said in a statement. “As a result of ...

Luton, Peterborough The new Tier 4 rules for London and the South East mean people must stay at home. You are only able to meet with one other person from another household in a public, outdoor space. People can go outdoors for unlimited exercise. What about Christmas? Boris Johnson has now cancelled Christmas plans in Tier 4 areas like South Essex which means the five-day Christmas bubble for three households is now not allowed. People in Tier 4 should not mix with anyone outside their own household on Christmas Day, except support and childcare bubbles. In Tier 1, 2 and 3 areas – li...