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Lytchett Minster School near Poole (left), Sturminster Newton High School (right) and Cerne Abbas CE VC First School (centre) have all reported coronavirus cases. THREE more schools in Dorset have reported coronavirus cases this week before the Christmas break. Sturminster Newton High School, which has more than 600 students, confirmed in a letter to parents and carers that a “member of our school community has tested positive for Covid-19". The affected person and any close contacts must self-isolate until Christmas Eve. Jason Davis, headteacher at the Bath Road school, wrote that ...

Heatherview Medical Centre Priority groups are being identified nationally by the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Dr Karen Kirkham, GP, Clinical lead for the Dorset Covid-19 vaccination programme, and Assistant Clinical Director of NHS Dorset CCG, said the vaccination scheme would be "a marathon, rather than a sprint". She said: “As a local GP in Dorset I’m so proud of the huge local effort that has been made locally to deliver this next phase of the vaccination programme. “I’d like to say a personal thank you to all of the local GPs, nurses, pharmacist...

Dorset has been under Tier 2 restrictions since December 2 DORSET has been in Tier 2 since December 2 when the national lockdown ended. Today the first review of the coronavirus tier system will take place and Dorset will find out if it will remain under Tier 2 restrictions or be moved into a lower tier. Here we look over what’s happened in Dorset over the last few weeks. Why was Dorset placed in Tier 2? A summary for the decision to place Dorset in Tier 2, which was posted online by the government, said: "Case rates are falling across the area (131 per 100,000 in all cases and 99 p...

Warning that early Dorset Covid tier move could lead to 'more drastic measures' PUBLIC health chiefs in Dorset have warned that a "cautious approach" should be taken to changing coronavirus restrictions. There have been calls from the county's MPs for the BCP and Dorset Council areas to be moved from the current position in Tier 2 measures to looser Tier 1 restrictions when the Government review takes place this week. However, Sam Crowe, Dorset and BCP Councils director of public health, if a move out of Tier 2 is made too soon coronavirus cases will rise "quickly again" and the county...

SIX GP surgeries across Dorset have started to vaccinate patients against coronavirus. Elderly people across the county became the first to receive the long-awaited vaccine when special mass clinics opened today. Stour Surgery in Barrack Road, Christchurch and the Talbot Medical Centre in Kinson Road, Bournemouth are among those taking part. Heatherview Medical Centre in Poole, St Leonards Hospital, the Weymouth Community Hospital and Bridport Medical Centre are also involved. GPs and other primary care staff have been working round-the-clock and throughout the weekend to deliver th...