COVID-19

The Isle of Wight Council carried out just 1 food hygiene safety inspection between March and November last year, Island Echo can reveal. Although many restaurants and pubs were closed for long periods of time in 2020, takeaways remained open...

Top Mops, being experts in helping companies with commercial cleaning services for over 20 years, has provided their staff with professional training in sanitisation and cleaning of residential and commercial properties in the fight against coronavirus. Coronavirus has gained a...

2 care home residents living on the Isle of Wight have sadly died after contracting COVID-19, according to the latest official data. A total of 142 people have now died on the Isle of Wight within 28 days of testing...

A rare sight... KSAA on the helipad at St Mary's. St Mary's Hospital has started transferring COVID patients to mainland hospitals as the pressure continues to mount on the Island's NHS, with 69 Islanders admitted to hospital in the past...

The free Key Worker Cycle Loan Scheme from the Isle of Wight Council has reopened once again to help support key workers through lockdown. The aim of the scheme is to encourage key workers to choose cycling as their preferred...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Healthwatch England are making a call for feedback from carers across the South East after a year of enormous challenges and loss.  Unpaid carers have played a greater role than ever before in supporting...

A member of the Isle of Wight Council has issued a 'stay at home' message to his town of Ventnor. Despite the government’s self-isolation guidelines, people in the town have been spotted out and about when they have tested positive...

The Government has confirmed that Islanders aged 70 and over, as well as the clinically vulnerable, will start receiving their COVID-19 vaccination invitations from this week. With over 3.8 million people in the country already vaccinated, including over half of...

An Isle of Wight councillor has described the latest wave of coronavirus cases hitting the Island like a tsunami as every single aspect of the authority has been impacted. In an effort to get the Island up and running again...

The RSPCA has welcomed new guidance from the UK Government which will make it easier for people in England to walk and exercise their dogs amid ongoing lockdown restrictions. Advice for pet owners in England was updated earlier this week...