Drop in Covid cases and number of patients on ventilators across London
The London Assembly revealed today that Covid-19 positive cases and the number of patients on ventilators has decreased in the capital.
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Mayor calls for vital tourism campaign for capital’s Covid recovery
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for “the biggest tourism campaign that our city and country has ever seen” after research suggested that central London has been hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Crystal Palace FC opens doors for Covid-19 vaccination centre
Premier League football club Crystal Palace has opened the doors of its Selhurst Park ground to become an NHS Covid-19 vaccination centre.
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Covid variant may have spread in South London before it was discovered
The UK variant of coronavirus may have already spread into South London by the time it was discovered, data suggests.
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NHS appeals for plasma donors after record number of Covid cases
NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people in Tooting hitting the 28-day COVID recovery mark to register as plasma donors.
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London catching up with Covid-19 vaccine numbers
More than three quarters of a million people in London have received a Covid-19 vaccine as the capital starts to catch up to the rest of England.
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‘Don’t hesitate to get it’ one man’s experience of the Covid vaccine
VIDEO: The vaccine cannot roll out fast enough for South London residents. “I would certainly recommend that anyone offered the vaccine should not hesitate to take it.”
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New Covid test centre opens in Croydon
A new coronavirus test centre has opened in Croydon.
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Covid-19 testing sites for people with no symptoms open in Lambeth
Lambeth Council is opening more Covid-19 testing sites for residents with no symptoms.
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‘Staggering hospital transformations’ to accommodate Covid patients
A West London hospital trust has revealed that it was treating nearly 500 coronavirus patients at once on January 20.
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Residents back restaurant after Rita Ora birthday bash
Residents appealed for a “much-valued” restaurant to keep its licence after the birthday party of Rita Ora was held there during lockdown .
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NHS to collect ethnicity data in a bid to tackle stigma
NHS England will begin collecting data about ethnicity when people receive their Covid-19 vaccinations in a bid to tackle stigmas in certain ethnic groups.
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Doctor urges people to get Covid vaccine after “harrowing” death of elderly man
Dr Umar Ebrahimsa, a specialist registrar in infectious diseases and general medicine in London, told an online community gathering about caring for the seriously ill man.
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Councillor seeks suggestions on how to spend £8million Covid relief fund
Residents are being asked for suggestions for how to spend an £8m Covid recovery fund in London’s smallest borough to help people weather the pandemic storm.
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Heart and lung patients on machines exceed first wave peak
The number of patients on specialist machines at leading London heart and lung hospitals has just exceeded the peak during the first wave of the pandemic.
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Lockdown sees rise in ‘Covideogamers’
Lockdown has massively changed the gaming community across the world, with a new breed of gamer emerging – the ‘Covideogamer’. Pre lockdown, the average gamer spent around 13 hours a week playing their favourites. This increased by 5 hours during lockdown with Brits spending 18 hours or more exploring new worlds online – that’s equivalent to 39 whole days spent gaming. Lockdown has given us all more time to kill, and today the split between male and female video gamers is strictly 50-50.
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One in three people in Croydon may have had Coronavirus
In 2020, 17,000 people tested positive for coronavirus in Croydon and one in five deaths in the borough was a result of the virus, the council’s director of public health has revealed.
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UK supply of Covid vaccine will not be impacted by Brexit say experts
Public health experts have said they are “confident” and “reassured” that the UK’s supply of Covid-19 vaccines will not be impacted by the withdrawal from the EU.
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Taskforce to tackle BME vaccine hesitancy
Southwark Council is putting a task force together with the hopes of tackling vaccine hesitancy among Black and ethnic minority communities.
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