South East Regional Chief Midwife for the NHS, Jenny Hughes, is encouraging...
EXPECTANT MOTHERS URGED TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE
‘YOU DON’T NEED TO GOTO THE MAINLAND’ – URGENT MESSAGE FOR ISLANDERS REGARDING COVID BOOSTERS
“You don’t need to go to the mainland for your Covid booster” — that was the...
ST JOHN AMBULANCE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THE ISLE OF WIGHT
With COVID numbers spiralling earlier this year, St John Ambulance stepped up...
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Latest Coronavirus Data for the Isle of Wight
If you wish to see the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, deaths, hospital admissions and more for the Isle of Wight, you can do so on the official Government website. Statistics are normally updated at around, or after, 16:00 each day.
86% of the Isle of Wight’s population aged 16 and over have now received at least 1 dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, latest figures reveal. As of Wednesday...
The furlough scheme, which was introduced by the Government to help millions of people through the coronavirus pandemic, officially comes to an end today...
The Isle of Wight has recently received a Silver award from the Institute of Excellence in Public Service for the way in which it responded to the COVID crisis...
Care homes on the Isle of Wight are beginning to roll out coronavirus booster jabs to staff and residents. Just one of the Isle of Wight’s Care Homes...
Pupils at an Isle of Wight school have been asked to resume the wearing of face masks as the number of coronavirus cases reported within the school community...
“Don’t guess, take a COVID test” – that’s the message from the Island’s director of public health as the lights go down on...
The deadline for mandatory COVID vaccinations in care home staff are moving ever closer, adding to staffing pressures in social care on the Isle of Wight...
The Isle of Wight has been recognised as a national leader in transformation and partnership with 2 Institution of Excellence in Public Services (iESE)...
New data released by the Office for National Statistics shows that just 0.5% of COVID deaths in the first 6 months of 2021 involved fully vaccinated...
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has only got a 10-day supply of blood bottles due to the national shortage. The trust says, however, it is being well managed...
The care crisis on the Isle of Wight is causing gridlock in the Island’s only hospital – being described as almost the perfect storm by one of the top health...
Islanders aged over 50 will be offered a coronavirus booster jab as part of a 30-million-dose national rollout, it has been confirmed. The booster vaccine is...
People not exercising after the COVID pandemic could cost the Isle of Wight council £1.3million in this financial year. Following a long period where the...
The Isle of Wight public health boss is urging Isle of Wight Festival-goers to take precautions and minimise the spread of COVID-19, to reduce the impact on...
The Island’s top NHS boss has said she feels like a ‘party pooper’ for the Isle of Wight Festival but has warned of the expected increase of COVID cases on the...
St Mary’s Hospital is seeing an increasing number of COVID-19 patients being admitted, with many of those describes as ‘very sick’ confirmed...
