With the majority of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 and take up...
RIVERSIDE COVID VACCINATION CENTRE WILL NOW ONLY OPEN 2 DAYS A WEEK
UPDATED: FACE MASKS NO LONGER REQUIRED IN HOSPITALS OR GP SURGERIES – BUT ISLE OF WIGHT SLOW TO REACT
A major change in guidance from NHS England means that face masks are no longer...
FAMILIES URGED TO HELP WITH DISCHARGING OF HOSPITAL PATIENTS AMID ‘PERFECT STORM’
Health leaders have issued an urgent plea amid a ‘perfect storm’ of rising...
COVID-19
Here you will find all the latest news and information relating to the Coronavirus outbreak on the Isle of Wight.
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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.
Free COVID-19 testing has officially come to an end today (Friday) with Islanders encouraged to start treating the coronavirus just like any other respiratory...
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has confirmed that staff and visitors at St Mary’s Hospital will not have to start paying for parking again just yet, despite...
2 years ago the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, broadcast live to the nation from Downing Street and announced the country was going into lockdown. Now, 24...
A quarter of young people on the Isle of Wight do not feel positive about their future and 7 out of 10 have been worrying a lot, research undertaken by the...
A health chief has warned Islanders to be cautious as COVID infections start to rise once again. In the last week, patients coming to St Mary’s Hospital in...
Face masks, lateral flow testing, social distancing and some visiting restrictions are to remain at St Mary’s Hospital, despite bosses saying that restrictions...
Restrictions at St Mary’s Hospital finally look set to be eased as the pandemic wanes, with details expected to be revealed within a matter of days...
Daisy Chains IW has announced it can only help fund family travel to the mainland in emergencies now, due to a lack of funds as a result of the COVID pandemic...
COVID-19 measures such as face masks and testing at St Mary’s Hospital and across the Isle of Wight NHS Trust are to remain in place, it has been...
Islanders will no longer have to self-isolate if they test positive for COVID-19 from Thursday and free COVID testing will end on 1st April, effectively...
Eligible businesses on the Island will be given additional help with business rates through the COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF). The government has...
The first Isle of Wight businesses are seeing payments of the government-funded omicron hospitality and leisure grant arrive in their bank accounts. But the...
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has confirmed that COVID-19 measures and restrictions are to remain in place at St Mary’s Hospital – but NHS England...
Following the recent launch of the government-funded Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant on the Isle of Wight, the Additional Restrictions Grant is now open...
Islanders will no longer have to wear face masks or work from home as of next Thursday and the requirement to self-isolate could be dropped in less than 10...
Figures from NHS England show that there are 87 fewer care workers on the Isle of Wight than they were prior to the Government’s mandatory vaccination...
