Six areas of Herefordshire are currently recording ‘very high’ rates of COVID-19, with cases rising again across the majority of the county. Overall in Herefordshire, in the seven day period ending 13th March, a total of 1,409 people tested positive for COVID-19. This...
Here’s where you can collect COVID-19 testing kits in Herefordshire this weekend and next week. Free LFTs are being given out at the following pop-up sites until Herefordshire Council run out of stock*: Saturday 19 March Halo Leisure Centre, from 9am Monday 21 March...
Latest figures released by Public Health England indicate that there has been a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases being recorded in Herefordshire over the past week. In the seven day period ending 10th March, a total of 1,173 new cases of the virus were...
COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in Herefordshire, with a new variant of the virus confirmed to be in the United Kingdom. The new variant, 'deltacron' is said to be a mixture of the Delta and Omicron variants and has been confirmed as spreading in the UK....
Here is a list of places in Herefordshire that you’ll be able to collect COVID-19 lateral flow tests from next week. (Week commencing 14th March) Monday 14 March Carrot & Wine stores, Wormelow, from 9amOld market car park, from 10:30am Tuesday 15 March Morrisons,...
The Prime Minister has been clear that the pandemic is not over but we must learn to live with Covid. Thanks to our improved understanding of the virus and successful vaccination programme we can now move away from government intervention to personal responsibility....
Visiting restrictions still remain in place at hospitals in Herefordshire, with four areas of Hereford still recording 'very high' COVID-19 infection rates according to latest data. Wye Valley NHS Trust provided Your Herefordshire with an update on visiting...
Data released by Public Health England has shown that COVID-19 cases in Herefordshire are on the rise again, but one good piece of news is that the number of patients with COVID-19 at hospital in the county remains far lower than this time last year. Data released by...
Restrictions in place to help prevent the spread of Omicron in adult social care will now be eased as Plan B measures are removed following the success of the booster programme. From Monday 31 January, there will be no limit on the number of visitors allowed into care...
A Herefordshire Primary School will remain partially closed on Monday due to COVID-19. The following update for Llangrove CE Academy has been shared by Herefordshire Council: “Acorn Class is currently temporarily closed due to staff absences. Regrettably, due to the...
The findings show that around 6 months after a second dose of any of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, protection against death with Omicron was around 60% in those aged 50 and over. However, this increased to around 95% 2 weeks after receiving a booster...
The number of patients with COVID-19 at hospitals in Herefordshire has fallen, but visiting restrictions remain in place to keep staff and patients safe. Latest data released by NHS England yesterday (Thursday) shows that on the 25th January, a total of 27 patients...
Restrictions in place to help prevent the spread of Omicron in adult social care will now be eased as Plan B measures are removed following the success of the booster programme. From Monday 31 January, there will be no limit on the number of visitors allowed into care...
From 00:01 on Thursday 27th January England returned to Plan A measures following the huge success of the vaccination programme and falling Omicron infections. Plan B measures were initially introduced on 8 December 2021 to slow the spread of the Omicron variant and...
All testing measures for eligible fully vaccinated travellers arriving in the UK will be removed from 4am on 11 February, as the government goes one step further to reopen the travel sector. The changes announced today (24 January 2022) mean that...
COVID-19 infection rates are falling across the majority of Herefordshire, but there are still a small number of areas that are recording an increase in the number of cases. Overall in Herefordshire, in the seven day period ending 18th January, a total of 1,657 new...
A number of schools in Herefordshire are currently seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, despite an overall fall in infections being seen across the county. Lugwardine Primary Academy, Ivington Primary School and St Francis Xavier RC Primary School have all sent...
The government has today announced that England will fully return to Plan A on Thursday 27 January thanks to the success of the booster programme, with ministers urging anyone who has still not had a top-up jab to come forward and Get Boosted Now. On 8 December, the...
Rising COVID-19 cases have lead to classes being cancelled for the rest of the week at a primary school in Herefordshire. The announcement from Ivington CE Primary School was shared on the Herefordshire Council website: “Due to the rising number of cases in school...
The Government has announced this lunchtime that Plan B measures will be scrapped in England next Thursday. This means that COVID passports and mandatory wearing of face-masks as well as the current work from home guidance will be scrapped on Thursday 27th January....