Thousands of pensioners among first to get Covid-19 vaccine in South London
But town hall leaders say some black and ethnic minority people – the worst-hit community by the virus – fear the vaccine’s effects and will refuse to have it.
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£6.5m to help Lambeth businesses hit hard by coronavirus
The first phase of Lambeth’s Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) will help support firms such as market traders, concession-based businesses, and businesses based in shared workspaces.
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£836,000 fund to support hard-pressed Wandsworth families during pandemic
Most of the cash will be used to help with food, energy and water bills.
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Entrepreneurial siblings, aged 11, nine and six, set up business selling eco-friendly face masks
Charlie, 11, Hattie, nine, and Woody Wright, six, began making face masks from recycled plastic bottles after they grasped the importance of wearing a mask through their dad Dan, who works as a doctor at St George’s Hospital in Tooting.
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“I’d be stupid not to have it” – patients react to being among lucky first ones to receive Covid-19 vaccine at King’s College and Princess Royal hospitals
Kenneth Coley, 98, and Ann Russell, 80, were among the first patients to receive the Covid-19 jab on the first day of the roll out.
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It’s here! South London’s first Covid-19 vaccine recipients hail Pfizer/BioNTech jab
“It’s a quick, painless jab, it doesn’t take long, a quick trip to St George’s Hospital.”
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Family leave iconic pub after quarter of a century due to uncertainty over Covid-19
The Norbury’s iconic giant Guinness signage, including the Guinness smiling pints and Guinness time clock, have become a local landmark and meeting point.
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George Dyer, 90, from Norbury, is first South Londoner to get the Covid-19 vaccine
A Croydon resident and long standing NHS volunteer from Norbury has become one of the first in London to get the COVID-19 vaccine as the NHS begins the roll out of its largest ever vaccination programme.
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Croydon Hospital to start vaccinating patients from tomorrow
Staff at the hospital worked over the weekend to prepare for the start of the biggest immunisation programme in history.
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Hammersmith and Fulham first borough in London to see rapid Covid-19 tests in care homes
Health Secretary Matt Hancock promised the lateral flow tests would be given to care homes across England to end restrictions on visits in time for Christmas.
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NHS makes plea for plasma donors to treat Covid-19 patients
People who were hospitalised have higher levels of antibodies and the NHSBT is particularly keen to recruit them in their urgent quest for treatments.
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Citizens Advice Wandsworth helps more than 5,000 during coronavirus pandemic
More than 5,000 people have needed help and advice from Citizens Advice Wandsworth during the coronavirus pandemic. The charity reported a sharp rise in people experiencing hardship and crisis between April and September this year.
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Hammersmith and Fulham council is first in London to use “lateral flow” Covid-19 tests which give results in under half an hour
Hammersmith and Fulham council will initially give the rapid tests to staff in GP surgeries and social care – including those who are asymptomatic – from today.
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Professor leading Covid-19 vaccine response at St George’s University in Tooting answers questions about getting the jab
Having a vaccine to protect against coronavirus will be just like getting a flu or tetanus booster vaccine, says the professor leading the team trialling the new vaccines at St George’s University in Tooting. Professor Paul Heath heads up the university’s vaccine institute and has praised the positive results of recent trials of the Oxford, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as “fantastic news.”
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Covid-19 patients needed to donate blood plasma
NHS Blood and Transplant has opened the doors of its new plasma donation centre at the Centrale Shopping Centre, and has issued an urgent call to anyone who has had Covid-19 to register as a donor. Plasma collected at the centre will be used in clinical trials to determine whether the antibody-rich blood plasma found in people who have had coronavirus – known as convalescent plasma – could be an effective treatment for Covid-19.
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Greenwich health and care staff will be among first to be vaccinated against Covid-19 when jab is available
In a message to residents on Friday afternoon, council leader Dan Thorpe said he wanted to provide an update on work currently under way to prepare for a potential mass-vaccination campaign.
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Number of St George’s coronavirus patients remains steady during second wave
In the latest update from the Trust this week there were 17 coronavirus patients being cared for in intensive care and a further 30 coronavirus patients being cared for on the wards. Last week there were 12 Covid-19 positive patients being cared for in intensive care and a further 34 Covid-19 positive patients cared for on the wards.
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South London boroughs set to benefit from mass coronavirus testing
A number of South London boroughs are set to receive mass coronavirus testing roll-outs within the next week. Lambeth, Lewisham, Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley have been chosen for testing.
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“The business plan didn’t mention a pandemic” – the Herne Hill restaurant adapting to life in Lockdown 2
New restrictions closing restaurants to dine-in customers will curtail their income, according to Claudia McKenzie, manager and owner of Park’s Edge Bar & Kitchen in Herne Hill.
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