Health leaders have issued an urgent plea amid a ‘perfect storm’ of rising...
FAMILIES URGED TO HELP WITH DISCHARGING OF HOSPITAL PATIENTS AMID ‘PERFECT STORM’
MAJOR MILESTONE: END OF FREE COVID TESTING TODAY MARKS BIG STEP FORWARD IN PANDEMIC
Free COVID-19 testing has officially come to an end today (Friday) with...
FREE PARKING TO REMAIN AT ST MARY’S FOR STAFF AND VISITORS – FOR NOW
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has confirmed that staff and visitors at St...
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.
A second person on the Isle of Wight has tested positive for coronavirus, it has been announced. The first local case was confirmed by Public Health England...
Island schools should stay open the Isle of Wight Council has stressed — although they say the situation is ‘rapidly changing’. Schools are being advised and...
Concerns over the potential for coronavirus to spread through air conditioning systems, making them unsafe to use, is raising unnecessary fears says Will...
The message from the leader of the Isle of Wight Council about the coronavirus outbreak is ‘simple’ — “keep calm and carry on”. At a meeting of the corporate...
Children on the Isle of Wight are wearing latex gloves to school over coronavirus fears – but are being asked to remove them by staff. Some students at...
VFM, organisers of The Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally, have confirmed that the annual August Bank Holiday event will go ahead in 2020 despite...
Island Labour has asked the Isle of Wight Council to publish its contingency plans for combating the spread of the coronavirus and protecting vulnerable...
Walk the Wight 2020 will go ahead as normal despite the spread of coronavirus across the country, but organisers say they are regularly assessing and reviewing...
Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat assisted in transferring 2 poorly patients to Southampton General Hospital from the Isle of Wight overnight. At just gone 23:05, Solent...
A student at Ryde School has been told to stay away as a result of their parent coming into contact with the Island’s first coronavirus patient. In a...
Visits to Bembridge RNLI have been suspended and the charity’s shop in the village has been closed as a precautionary measure over coronavirus. There...
Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been lost to scams relating to coronavirus in the past month, according to Action Fraud. Since February, the National...
3 major supermarkets, which between them operate 7 stores on the Isle of Wight, are rationing products such as antibacterial products, medicine and even water...
The first case of coronavirus COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight has been confirmed, meaning Islanders need to take sensible precautions to help prevent the spread...
Specialists from Public Health England (PHE) are working with the Isle of Wight Council and NHS colleagues following a confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19)...
An individual has tested positive for the potentially deadly coronavirus on the Isle of Wight after undergoing tests at St Mary’s Hospital, it has been...
