Hammersmith and Fulham council will initially give the rapid tests to staff in GP surgeries and social care – including those who are asymptomatic – from today.
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Having a vaccine to protect against coronavirus will be just like getting a flu or tetanus booster vaccine, says the professor leading the team trialling the new vaccines at St George’s University in Tooting. Professor Paul Heath heads up the university’s vaccine institute and has praised the positive results of recent trials of the Oxford, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as “fantastic news.”
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NHS Blood and Transplant has opened the doors of its new plasma donation centre at the Centrale Shopping Centre, and has issued an urgent call to anyone who has had Covid-19 to register as a donor. Plasma collected at the centre will be used in clinical trials to determine whether the antibody-rich blood plasma found in people who have had coronavirus – known as convalescent plasma – could be an effective treatment for Covid-19.
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In a message to residents on Friday afternoon, council leader Dan Thorpe said he wanted to provide an update on work currently under way to prepare for a potential mass-vaccination campaign.
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In the latest update from the Trust this week there were 17 coronavirus patients being cared for in intensive care and a further 30 coronavirus patients being cared for on the wards. Last week there were 12 Covid-19 positive patients being cared for in intensive care and a further 34 Covid-19 positive patients cared for on the wards.
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A number of South London boroughs are set to receive mass coronavirus testing roll-outs within the next week. Lambeth, Lewisham, Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley have been chosen for testing.
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New restrictions closing restaurants to dine-in customers will curtail their income, according to Claudia McKenzie, manager and owner of Park’s Edge Bar & Kitchen in Herne Hill.
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Peter Lawes, aged 70, from Catford, said rigorous procedures at Lewisham Hospital had reassured him he was not in danger of catching the potentially fatal virus.
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Lewisham council has identified nearly £27 million in possible cuts, out of £40 million planned over the next three years.
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Lewisham council has identified nearly £27 million in possible cuts, out of £40 million planned over the next three years.
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It is an early sign that Tier 2 restrictions, imposed before the current lockdown, were beginning to slow the spread of the virus.
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Local contact tracing takes over if the national Test and Trace team is unable to make contact with a resident who has tested positive for Covid-19 within 24 hours.
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There are 27 patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital receiving treatment for Covid-19, its chief executive has said. In a board meeting held on Wednesday, Lesley Watts told members that the number includes five patients in its intensive therapy unit (ITU).
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As of Tuesday, there were 12 Covid-19 positive patients being cared for in intensive care, and a further 34 Covid-19 positive patients cared for on the wards.
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Councillor Ravi Govindia, Leader of Wandsworth council, said: “A locally-based Test and Trace team will mean more people with Covid-19 in Wandsworth can be quickly contacted.”
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But local councillors are pushing for more detailed information regarding the impact of the virus on the borough’s health services.
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The Met said it would continue to take robust action against those who breach the law and take part in illegal gatherings of any kind.
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It is believed to have happened after two patients, who arrived with non-Covid issues, were admitted to the ICU.
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People need to keep on following the safety rules as the number of coronavirus cases in west London increases, a west London MP has said.
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The figure was released by Justice Minister Lucy Frazer in response to a question by Hammersmith MP Andy Slaughter.
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Officer described Afrikiko Bar, in the Old Kent Road, as “the most dangerous premises I have ever visited”.
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Four out of Millwall’s five first-team coaches have tested positive for Covid-19 so they have all had to isolate.
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The Metropolitan Police has again asked the council to review Afrikiko’s licence after it found “numerous” breaches of Covid-19 laws, including operating illegally as a nightclub.
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Trial researchers are looking for healthy volunteers aged 18-84, who are in easy reach of the hospital, in Camberwell, to participate in the trial.
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The number of coronavirus patients at St George’s Hospital in Tooting remains low, although numbers have increased slightly over the last month.
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New Crystal Palace goalkeeper Jack Butland has tested positive for coronavirus.
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Millwall manager Gary Rowett has tested positive for Covid-19 – and will spend the next 10 days in isolation.
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