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Surge testing begins in Kingston after 'sharp rise' in coronavirus cases among younger ages A small number of confirmed cases of the Delta variant have been identified in Kingston Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee our...

The number of new cases being reported in Kinsgton is rising at present. New infections of Covid-19 in Kingston are rising as concerns over the highly transmissible 'Indian' variant persist. On Friday (May 28) the council (RBK) urged residents in the borough to "remain vigilant" and ensure they followed Covid safety measures such as physical distancing and regular hand washing during the bank holiday weekend and half-term. In an effort to help reduce transmission in the borough, a new government-backed pilot scheme that will introduce contact tracing at Kingston Hospital was announced e...

Kingston's streets swelled with people returning to the borough's shops, cafe and salons en masse today (Monday, April 12) after months of lockdown restrictions on non-essential commerce were eased. Photographs showed large queues outside some of Kingston's most popular shopping centres and sites, while other people could be seen waiting patiently in distanced chairs for their first professional beauty treatment or haircut in months. The scenes mirrored those across south London on Monday as Londoners embraced the hard-earned freedoms of low coronavirus infection rates despite the cold ...

Authorities and businesses in Kingston and Epsom are making final preparations ahead of the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions on Monday, April 12. Both Kingston Council (RBK) and Epsom and Ewell Borough Council (EEBC) issued advice and guidance for residents ahead of the upcoming reopening, while shops in both boroughs readied themselves to welcome customers back again after months of lockdown imposed to help suppress the spread of Covid-19. In line with their 'roadmap' of gradually reopening the UK economy in a way that minimises the risk of another wave of Covid infections, th...

Image: Royal Voluntary Service. Image detail: Iona Lidington via Kingston Council. The number of new cases of Covid-19 is rising in Kingston again after weeks of decline in the borough and across South London. On Tuesday (March 16) the Surrey Comet caught up with Director of Public Health on Kingston Council, Iona Lidington, to see what was behind the latest data on cases and how authorities in the borough are responding. Why are the numbers of new cases in Kingston rising? There are a couple of reasons why we've seen the rate, which is quite variable at the moment, bump up a little bit...