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Hospital gets Covid vaccine go ahead

Hospital gets Covid vaccine go ahead

One of the county's biggest hospitals is set to begin vaccinating people against Covid-19 next week.

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Part of prison isolating for second time

Part of prison isolating for second time

Part of a Kent prison has been isolated for a second time amid a Covid-19 outbreak

12 Covid testing units in Kent for schools' students

12 Covid testing units in Kent for schools' students

There will be 12 mobile testing units at secondary schools in Kent as the government looks to halt "rapidly rising" cases.

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Government cuts isolation period

Government cuts isolation period

People in contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus will no longer have to stay inside for two weeks.

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Huge cash boost for three Kent arts facilities

Huge cash boost for three Kent arts facilities

Government cash totalling more than £800k is to be shared between three large arts projects in the county.

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Mass testing planned for Kent secondary schools

Mass testing planned for Kent secondary schools

A spike in Covid cases in 11 to 18-year-olds means mass testing in schools is needed, the Health Secretary has announced.

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'There's Covid on my ward...I don't feel safe'

'There's Covid on my ward...I don't feel safe'

A terrified grandad says a hospital has lost control of coronavirus after a patient with the illness was kept on a non-Covid ward.

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School closes for rest of term

School closes for rest of term

A school will close entirely as almost a third of its staff are self-isolating.

Charity boss in Covid battle

Charity boss in Covid battle

The founder of a bereavement charity is receiving oxygen treatment after becoming seriously ill with Covid-19.

Face mask accused barred from Bluewater until 2022 trial

Face mask accused barred from Bluewater until 2022 trial

A man accused of attacking two police officers in a row over not wearing a face mask at Bluewater will have to wait until 2022 for his trial.

'There'll be no schools left by Easter'

'There'll be no schools left by Easter'

If the Government wants schools to stay open, it must bump teachers up the Covid-19 vaccine priority list, a head teacher has warned.

More schools send home students

More schools send home students

Four schools in a Kent borough have now sent home students due to Covid-19 this week, following two more cases.

Cathedral opens as Covid test centre

Cathedral opens as Covid test centre

The second oldest cathedral in England has opened as a coronavirus testing centre in the battle to bring the spread of coronavirus under control.

Covid hotspot to get mass testing centre in a club

Covid hotspot to get mass testing centre in a club

The Army has been called in to set up a mass coronavirus testing centre in a working men's club in one of Kent's top covid hotspots.

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Rule-breaking house party revellers fined

Rule-breaking house party revellers fined

Police have fined rule-breakers who have been repeatedly throwing house parties despite coronavirus restrictions.

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Hospitals dropped from NHS list of 'vaccine hubs'

Hospitals dropped from NHS list of 'vaccine hubs'

Hospitals treating patients in some of the highest risk coronavirus hotspots in Kent have seen plans to issue the vaccine pushed back.

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Three year groups isolating after six confirmed Covid-19 cases

Three year groups isolating after six confirmed Covid-19 cases

Three year groups have been sent home to isolate following six coronavirus cases at a secondary school.

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'Momentous' day as great-grandad first to receive vaccine in Kent

'Momentous' day as great-grandad first to receive vaccine in Kent

The first vaccine against Covid-19 to be issued in the county was given to an 80-year-old great-grandfather.

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