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Essex’s top health chief is urging residents to be cautious over the bank holiday weekend and half-term in a plea to keep Covid infections under control. Mike Gogarty, Essex County Council’s director of public health, says people must follow five key rules to ensure they do not unknowingly spread the virus. The five rules are being promoted in a new campaign – Let’s Keep Covid in Check. It aims to highlight day-to-day actions all residents in Essex should be carrying out as we learn to live with coronavirus. The five actions are: Get vaccinated when you’re eligible to book...

Essex’s top health chief is urging residents to be cautious over the bank holiday weekend and half-term in a plea to keep Covid infections under…

Maldon's Plume Academy has put up a permanent banner to mark Dementia Action Week. It is hoping to become a 'dementia-friendly' school. The scheme includes reducing the stigma surrounding dementia, boosting activities between generations and raising awareness about the illness. Statistics show one in three children and young people will know someone with dementia, often a grandparent but increasingly a parent. Youngsters at Burnham Primary and St Mary’s Primary, in the town, were also busy drawing forget-me-not flowers to display in shop windows throughout the week to raise awaren...

People in Chelmsford are encouraged to get a Lateral Flow Test after the Indian variant was identified RESIDENTS of Chelmsford have been urged to get a Covid test as soon as possible after the Indian variant was discovered. The variant of concern of Covid-19 which originated from India has been identified in seven households in the city. Essex County Council say the majority of these cases have no obvious link to foreign travel, and it is therefore likely that the variant is present in the community. Targeted PCR testing [for those with Covid symptoms] at locations where individuals f...

BBC News Published image copyrightJohn Fairhall/BBC image captionEssex County Council is carrying out enhanced testing in areas there Indian Covid variants has been found Most of the cases of the Indian Covid variant found in seven households in Chelmsford are not linked to foreign travel, a council has said. The Essex city is one of 86 local authorities with five or more confirmed cases of the variant. Essex County Council said it was "likely the variant is present in the community". Director of public health for Essex, Dr Mike Gogarty, said the new variant "proves we can't let down our guar...