COVID-19

The NHS is urging pregnant women to continue using health services and to get both the COVID-19 and flu jabs to help protect themselves and their unborn baby. One of the best things a pregnant woman can do to protect...

Vulnerable renters on the Isle of Wight struggling due to the impact of the COVID pandemic will be helped by a share of a multi-million-pound support package recently announced by the Government. The Isle of Wight Council has been allocated...

Councillor Karl Love The care sector on the Isle of Wight may be stretched further as the deadline approaches for care staff to be fully vaccinated. In August this year, the government announced all those working in care homes, including...

Travel ambassadors are being introduced on cross-Solent routes following concerns ‘selfish’ people are not following the ‘hand, face, space’ precautions onboard ferries, despite COVID restrictions having been dropped and 80% of everyone aged 12 and over double vaccinated. Speaking at...

Councillor Karl Love “Don’t listen to anti-vaxxers” is the strong message from the Isle of Wight Council’s lead health and social care councillor. It comes as COVID rates on the Island fluctuate slightly but still remain high, with the latest...

South East Regional Chief Midwife for the NHS, Jenny Hughes, is encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This comes as new data has revealed that nearly 20% of the most critically ill COVID patients are pregnant women who...

“You don’t need to go to the mainland for your Covid booster” — that was the message from a frustrated Islander this week. The man told the Local Democracy Reporting Service he had been offered an appointment in Christchurch, Dorset,...

With COVID numbers spiralling earlier this year, St John Ambulance stepped up to support our NHS here on the Isle of Wight and the result has been so successful that more than 40 St John ambulances were seen out and...

86% of the Isle of Wight's population aged 16 and over have now received at least 1 dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, latest figures reveal. As of Wednesday (29th September), some 101,564 people had received 2 doses of either the...

The furlough scheme, which was introduced by the Government to help millions of people through the coronavirus pandemic, officially comes to an end today (Thursday). Around £70billion has been spent on supporting around 11.6million employees since the scheme was introduced...