COVID is a real mixed bag in Southampton, the latest Government data map shows. Six districts are now in the worst possible category (shaded dark maroon) as their case rates have exceeded 800 per 100,000 people. But for the first time in around two months, more than 10 of the 31 areas reported a decrease in […]
Experts have joined forces for a webinar to support parents, carers and guardians of young people to make informed choices about the COVID-19 vaccine. This follows the Government’s announcement last month that the jab would be offered to all people between the ages of 12 to 15 – with parental, guardian or carer consent sought by healthcare […]
Some parents in England say they are still struggling to get a Covid vaccine for their clinically extremely vulnerable children, nearly four weeks after they were added to the rollout. At-risk 12 to 15-year-olds and those living with someone with a weak immune system became eligible on 19 July. NHS England say vaccinations will start […]
A number of walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics are taking place across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Latest details are available below: Every day Basingstoke Fire Station, W Ham Cl, Basingstoke, RG22 6PH – 8am to 7.30pm. Over 18s walk-in for first dose vaccinations and second dose vaccinations for AstraZeneca and Pfizer, if it has been at least […]
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A walk-in Covid vaccination centre has opened in the New Forest today. Located at Applemore Leisure Centre in Hythe, it is offering both first and second jabs to anyone over the age of 18 years old. For first jabbers, the Hythe site if offering Pfizer vaccines before midday, and AstraZeneca between 3pm and 4pm. Read More on the Daily Echo Website
Who is Kate and what is she doing? Kate Lippiett is a respiratory nurse and researcher who has been looking at patient experiences of treatment in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and lung cancer. She wants to look at people’s experience of long Covid, both in terms of how they are diagnosed and how they are […]
Southampton Guildhall is to be turned into a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination centre on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 July 2021. Anyone over the age of 18 will be able to walk in to the iconic city venue and grab their first COVID-19 jab. No advance booking is needed. A local team of clinicians, […]
ONLY three out of 28 areas of Southampton remain clear on the government’s map of case clusters. The latest data from Public Health England shows that the Harefield, Regents Park and Millbrook East, and Thornhill areas recorded fewer than three Covid cases in the seven days to June 23. Clusters are shown when there are three or more new […]
Covid-19 vaccines are “highly effective” in preventing hospital admission with the Delta variant of coronavirus, according to new data from Public Health England (PHE). Both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs are just as good at coping with the Delta variant first identified in India as the Alpha variant first identified in Kent, the data suggests. Read […]
