COVID-19

The Riverside Vaccination Centre in Newport will close on 26th August but Islanders over the age of 18 are still being encouraged to come forward for a COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccinations will continue to be available to all eligible Islanders and will...

16 and 17-year-olds across the Isle of Wight are to be offered their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, it has been announced. The rollout will begin imminently with hopes of getting as many older teenagers vaccinated as possible before...

More than 105,000 people have had their first Covid vaccination on the Isle of Wight - with efforts are now concentrating on getting more young adults to take up the jabs. Director of public health for the Island, Simon Bryant,...

A COVID booster programme will be rolled out on the Isle of Wight in the next few months, which will see everyone over 70 offered a third jab. The third jab will be given to those in the top 4...

A care watchdog has published figures showing where COVID-19 was involved in the death of care home residents on the Isle of Wight, with The Briars in Sandown seeing the highest number of deaths. The data spans just under a...

The Island's COVID-19 testing centre is increasing its opening hours as the number of cases rises on the Isle of Wight, despite the effect it is having on people decreasing. The test centre at Newclose County Cricket Ground, Blackwater Road...

Simon Bryant, Public Health Director The Isle of Wight’s public health director is urging people to remain ‘positive but cautious’ as the number of COVID cases per 100,000 people climbs by almost 150% in a week. Health chiefs have revealed...

Nearly 90% of the Island’s adult population have had their first Covid vaccination. Latest figures published today by NHS England show 1,471 more vaccinations have been given on the Island, in a week which saw plenty of take up in...

Housing junior doctors, nurses and paramedics on the Island has become such a problem health services have started to be affected, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust board heard. Key medical staff were said not to be taking jobs or...

As COVID vaccines for care home staff are set to become compulsory by the Autumn, the Isle of Wight Council’s adult social care boss has renewed calls for everyone to get vaccinated. From October, anyone working in a Care Quality...