Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a COVID-19 press conference at 5pm this evening. He will be joined by Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) and Dr Nikki Kanani (Medical Director of Primary Care at NHS England). The briefing is expected to...
West Mercia Police have confirmed that the A4111 (Eardisley) will be closed for several hours and motorists will need to find an alternative route. https://twitter.com/westmerciaocc/status/1470709160224473089?s=21
Here is a list of where you can collect home COVID-19 testing kits this week in Herefordshire. Tuesday 14 December Co-op, Bromyard, 10am to 4pmOld market car park, 10:30am to 4:30pmTesco, Ledbury, 12pm to 6pm Wednesday 15 December Market House, Ledbury, 9:30am...
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is likely to be spreading throughout Herefordshire, with latest estimates indicating that around 10% of cases in the West Midlands now being the Omicron variant. In London, this rises close to 50% of all cases. The Wellcome Sanger...
Latest data released by Public Health England has shown that there has been a spike in the number of cases of COVID-19 being recorded in the Credenhill, Weobley & Wellington area of Herefordshire. Data for the seven day period ending 8th December shows that a...
1239 additional confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been reported across the UK. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 Omicron cases in the UK is 3137. 1196 additional confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been reported across...
Latest data released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)Â shows that a further 448 cases of the Omicron variant have been recorded in the United Kingdom. This takes the total number of cases of the Omicron variant in the UK to 1,265. The latest variant technical...
The number of patients with COVID-19 at hospitals in Herefordshire (Wye Valley NHS Trust) has increased. Latest data shared by NHS England shows that on the 7th December, a total of 27 patients were reported as having COVID-19 at hospital in Herefordshire. This is an...
Herefordshire's COVID-19 infection rate is once again on the rise, with Boris Johnson confirming that England will move to 'Plan B' to attempt to slow the spread of the Omicron variant across the United Kingdom. Data released by Public Health England shows that in the...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to hold a Press Conference at 6pm this evening, with the Government expected to announce extra measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. With cases of the Omicron variant rising quickly, Prime Minister Boris...
The Accident & Emergency Department at Hereford County Hospital (Wye Valley NHS Trust) is currently 'very busy' and people should consider alternatives, according to a post shared by Wye Valley NHS Trust on Twitter. Members of the public have reported long waits...
Herefordshire's COVID-19 infection rate remains lower than surrounding counties, but there are signs that case numbers could be set to rise again over the coming days. Data released by Public Health England has shown that in the seven day period ending 30th November,...
A further 75 cases of Omicron variant confirmed The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has identified 75 further cases of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with B.1.1.529 in England, in addition to the previous 29 confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant known as...
The location of all 29 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in England have been revealed. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has identified 7 further cases of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with B.1.1.529 in England, in addition to the previous 22 confirmed...
Visiting restrictions remain in place at hospitals in Herefordshire (Wye Valley NHS Trust) this week, with latest data released by NHS England showing a slight increase in the number of patients with COVID-19 at hospital in the county. Data shows that on the 30th...
Latest data released by Public Health England is indicating an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the Ross-on-Wye area of Herefordshire over recent days. In the seven day period ending 26th November, a total of 59 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded...
Herefordshire's COVID-19 infection rate remains one of the lowest in the United Kingdom at present and is currently at its lowest level since mid-September as cases continue to plummet. The number of new cases recorded in the seven day period ending 25th November was...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a COVID-19 news conference this afternoon, with further details about the rollout of COVID-19 booster vaccines expected to be the main topic. It follows news that three further cases of the Omicron variant have been discovered in...
Targeted measures to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant take effect from 4am today [Tuesday 30 November]. They will be introduced as a precaution while more information is gathered and assessed on the variant’s transmissibility and any possible...
A decision to roll out booster COVID-19 jabs to all over 18's in the United Kingdom could be announced as early as today. The Government is waiting on updated advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)Â and this is expected to arrive as...