Posts Tagged ‘covid-19’
Saved for next time: Covid documents to be archived for ‘future generations’
The plans and operational paperwork will be kept available, should future public health officials need to learn lessons from the two-year crisis
Read MoreDr Sandra Husbands: Your vaccine questions answered by local public health expert
Town Hall director moves to underline effectiveness and safety of Covid-19 vaccines in response to local data showing some are ‘reluctant or doubtful’
Read MoreOrganiser of 400-person wedding in Stamford Hill facing £10k fine
Borough’s police chief hits out at ‘unacceptable’ behaviour when ‘people across the country are postponing or cancelling celebrations’
Read MoreHomerton staff prepare for vaccine roll-out as Covid admissions hit record levels
Vulnerable and frontline staff to receive AstraZeneca jab in coming days as hospital deals with unprecedented levels of admissions
Read More‘Little logic’ in decision to reopen Hackney primary schools, council tells government
Mayor Glanville and borough’s children’s chief demand an immediate explanation from education secretary Gavin Williamson
Read MoreTown Hall apologises for Stamford Hill Covid leaflet telling synagogues to close
Conservative Cllr Simche Steinberger labels the leaflet, which has since been withdrawn, a ‘disgrace’
Read More‘More important than ever’ for children to be vaccinated against flu, warns Hackney GP
Dr Kirsten Brown says young kids are ‘known to be super spreaders’ and urges parents to have them inoculated using nasal spray
Read MoreHackney’s public health director: ‘Let’s make this lockdown count’
Dr Sandra Husbands on how people can help stop the spread of Covid, advances in testing, and whether or not a vaccine will end the pandemic
Read MoreRegional health system prepares for Covid-19 vaccine distribution
Moves underway to earmark locations for mass testing sites that the NHS hopes will see 5,000 people a day
Read MoreTraders speak out in distress after crowds force Broadway Market to close early
Traders’ association criticises the council for ‘ignoring warnings’ and calls for footfall count to keep numbers in check
Read MoreCoronavirus: Hackney Mayor and public health director welcome news of greater restrictions across London
Capital to move to ‘High’ alert from midnight, as borough leader sets out how the government can avoid ‘wasting this opportunity’
Read MoreHomerton Hospital braces for potential ‘double whammy’ of flu and Covid
Spokesperson cautiously optimistic about preparations for winter, but urges people to ‘have their flu shots as quickly as possible’
Read More‘London should move together’: Mayor Glanville says Hackney-wide lockdown remains ‘unlikely’
Borough leader speaks out as cases in Hackney rise above threshold at which local lockdowns can be considered
Read MoreTown Hall to launch local contact-tracing network to make up for national system’s ‘shortfall’
Council staff to be trained up and tasked with finding the people who have not been traced
Read MorePublic health director warns ‘errors’ could underpin recent fall in local Covid cases
Dr Sandra Husbands fears drop could be down to online booking system directing people to wrong testing sites, meaning fewer cases are being picked up
Read MoreHomerton Hospital study shows gender and ethnicity inequity in palliative care
Lead nurse stresses need for further research into health inequalities in calls for ‘equitable, responsive, flexible and integrated services’
Read More‘We must continue to take precautions’: Local public health boss issues Covid warning with Hackney still a London ‘outlier’
Dr Sandra Husbands says borough ‘not yet on brink of local lockdown, but that will only stay true if people comply with guidelines’
Read MoreHackney artist reveals long-term effects of coronavirus with Instagram diary
Monique Jackson is documenting her experience in a unique way to raise awareness of Covid’s sometimes lingering impact and to push for more support for health workers
Read MorePublic health director warns social distancing has ‘slipped’ due to confusion
Work continues to ‘nip in the bud’ rise in cases in N16 as borough-level lockdowns dismissed as ‘unlikely’
Read MoreHackney care homes take part in ‘UK-first’ trial of rapid Covid test
Researchers hope the new test, which can show results in under an hour, will help ‘interrupt community transmission’
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