COVID-19

A new initiative to help families and individuals who are facing hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic is being launched by the Isle of Wight Council. The second phase of ‘connect4communities’ will be a community-based programme driven by the Isle...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to launch an ambulance decontamination programme for all emergency and non-emergency vehicles. The programme, which uses ProXcide hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) technology to remove viral and bacterial...

Islanders are expected to be given the first COVID-19 vaccine from early next week, but those with significant allergies to vaccines, food or medicines are now being advised not to take the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. As previously reported by Island Echo,...

Doubts over the accuracy of rapid result COVID tests are being raised — just as their introduction to the Isle of Wight was being suggested. Last week, the Isle of Wight Council announced it had requested the use of lateral...

68% of Isle of Wight teachers surveyed by the National Education Union say that they are unable to maintain a 2-metre social distance in schools. The local district of the National Education Union (NEU) wanted to gauge how teachers and...

Islanders will start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from next week, with those over the age of 80 in the Central and West Wight areas the first in line for the jab. It's been confirmed that the first doses of the...

An emergency fund to protect the immediate future of youth organisations will be available soon says Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely. The £16.5 million Youth COVID-19 Support Fund – which will be open to grassroots youth clubs, uniformed youth...

100 people have now died with COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight since the start of the pandemic - a milestone no one wanted to reach. Latest figures from NHS England reveal that 3 more Islanders have died after testing...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s Falls Prevention team are encouraging people to move a little more while at home to keep physically active during the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and the cold winter months. Moving and keeping physically active is...

A night of drunken behaviour in Newport and Ryde, as locals and visitors alike enjoyed the freedoms of Tier 1, led to Newport's custody suite being declared the busiest in Hampshire overnight. Officers detained a number of individuals as a...