After weeks of “sky high” coronavirus numbers in Merton cases are finally falling – but the council’s public health boss has warned against celebrating too soon. Although the “scary numbers” seem to be behind us, Dr Dagmar Zeuner urged caution as we wait to see the result of restrictions lifting on July 19.
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A number of bin men across South West London are self isolating. In total, 13 bin men for Wandsworth and Richmond are off sick due to “Covid reasons” – the authorities have confirmed.
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Sadiq Khan has said he is “not in favour” of introducing vaccine passports in London, including on TfL services, as they would be a “bureaucratic nightmare”. Speaking to LBC Radio on Thursday, the Mayor of London said it would be “almost impossible” to introduce a system that required proof of vaccination on TfL services.
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Balham has had one of the highest Covid infection rates in London recently – but locals don’t seem to care. The area’s infection rate in the week leading up to July 14 was 707.8 per 100,000 of the population – according to government figures.
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A London underground station has been forced to close due to 300 staff being ‘pinged’ by the NHS app and forced to self-isolate. The transport chaos seen over the weekend has already been dubbed ‘The Ping-demic’ and could continue to wreak havoc across London’s transport network as more people return to the office.
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Croydon NHS services will continue to require patients to wear masks despite Covid restrictions being lifted today. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, along with NHS trusts nationwide, will continue to require patients, visitors and staff to wear a face masks, wash hands and follow social distancing rules in healthcare settings.
Read MoreCroydon University Hospital will not say how many coronavirus patients being treated have had one or two vaccinations. The hospital in London Road is currently caring for 27 Covid-19 patients, four of whom are on ventilation.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is refusing to share whether its Covid patients have been vaccinated or not. Covid cases are skyrocketing in the UK – deaths are at their highest level since March. Figures show that, as of July 16, there are 3,786 people in hospital with Covid-19 and another 63 people died after catching the virus.
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St George’s Hospital has failed to say how many of its Covid patients are vaccinated. The latest data on the government dashboard from July 13 shows there were 20 coronavirus patients at the hospital in Tooting, with two on ventilators.
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Health trusts in Wandsworth are urging adults to get vaccinated at walk-in centres as Covid-19 cases in the capital continue to rise. In the London boroughs of Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston, over 18s will be able to get their first or second coronavirus jabs at one of eight vaccination centres.
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Health bosses are urging thousands of younger people to get their coronavirus vaccines as rates rise in Croydon and Merton. More than 1.6 million coronavirus jabs have been administered across South West London, but Covid rates are still rising across the region, mirroring the national picture.
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Almost 200 cases of the Covid Delta variant have been detected in Wandsworth in the last week. The highly contagious Delta variant, first identified in India was found in 1,250 cases in Wandsworth by July 7 – 191 more cases than the week before, according to Public Health England (PHE).
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Health bosses in Croydon are urging adults in the borough to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as cases in the borough continue to rise. The increase in cases is not leading to more people ending up in hospital and on ventilation. This is due to the success of the vaccination, Croydon Health Services Trust says.
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South London hospitals are treating over one hundred patients for Covid-19 as cases rise but only 32 patients are on ventilators. Hospitals in South London are not releasing information about how many coronavirus patients in their care have received one or two doses of a vaccination.
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Football fans and locals are being invited to a special Covid-19 mass vaccination event at The Den, home of Millwall Football Club, this Saturday. Millwall FC is also offering everyone who gets vaccinated the chance to win two stadium tour tickets.
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There are 16 people being treated for Covid-19 in Croydon’s only NHS hospital as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Two of the 16 patients are on ventilation and Elaine Clancy, chief nurse and senior responsible officer for Covid-19 response at the Croydon Health Services Trust, said that the numbers are far below the high numbers seen at the peak of the pademic.
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As the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 increases in London, everyone over 18 is being encouraged to get the vaccination. NHS teams will be visiting areas in New Cross, Deptford and Brockley from today and residents will be able to get the Covid-19 vaccine in their neighbourhood in a mobile NHS vaccination unit.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed plans to commission a new report examining London’s counter-terror preparedness. It comes following warnings from a senior Met officer that the Covid-19 pandemic has created a “perfect storm” that has left individuals vulnerable to online grooming and radicalisation.
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Londoners are being urged to get a Covid-19 vaccine “as soon as possible” as the capital races to end lockdown restrictions. The Government has set the target of offering a vaccine to all over-18s and double-jabbing two-thirds of adults by the planned easing of lockdown on July 19, but London faces a slightly lower uptake of first jabs than elsewhere in England.
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