A "fit and healthy" man was left totally paralysed and unable to breathe after being struck down by a rare illness after he contracted Covid.

Two new Omicron strains are causing a rise in Covid-19 cases in South Africa and UK health officials are watching closely.

Cases of new Covid-19 variant Omicron XE have doubled in a fortnight with most in the south and east of England, but is this sharp rise a concern?

Covid cases are continuing to fall across the county - but one area of Kent has recorded the highest infection rate in England.

An NHS leader says people should be encouraged to wear face masks as the number of Covid patients in Kent's hospitals more than doubles in a month.

A Kent woman is among the patients who have received a cutting-edge Covid-19 antiviral treatment at home.

A car park used as a drive-through Covid-19 testing unit will soon reopen to the public as the facility is taken down.

Covid-19 vaccine appointments are to be available to all children from Saturday as the national roll-out extends to youngsters next week.

A serving Met Police officer from Kent has received a suspended prison sentence after headbutting a bar manager in London.

Covid cases are surging but access to free lateral flow tests is being scaled back from this Friday.

Rates of Covid infection have gone above the national average in all but two of Kent's districts, amid a big rise in new cases.

Exactly two years on since the start of the first lockdown, we revisit a Kent high street to find out how it's fared and what the future holds.

Covid patient numbers in Kent have risen by almost 30% in a week as new cases continue to soar across the county.

Despite a rapid rise in coronavirus cases the UK's international travel restrictions are being dropped.

Covid cases have risen by nearly 80% in Kent in the past week - but many feel it is time to 'get on with life and stop living in fear'.

Covid cases are rising rapidly again and among them may be a new variant - but what is Deltacron, where is it and how worried should we be?

Infections are on the rise again across the county - but do we need to worry?

Covid cases are rising in people aged 55 and over, with the latest React virus study picking up it's second highest prevalence rate since 2020.

Work to dismantle Kent's Nightingale 'surge hub' for Covid patients - which has never been used - is well underway.

A Kent hotel will be used for 'nightingale courts' for another year as efforts to tackle the backlog of cases caused by Covid continue.