by Stefan Davies | Sep 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Three more counties in Wales are to be put into local lockdown. Neath Port Talbot, Vale of Glamorgan and Torfaen will join many other parts of the UK in being subject to localised COVID-19 restrictions. The action will affect more than 360,000 people and means half of...
by Stefan Davies | Sep 25, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Herefordshire has reached 1,002. Thats the total number of cases recorded since the start of the pandemic. Four further cases of the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours in the county, following on from the one...
by Stefan Davies | Sep 25, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
The R rate, which shows the Coronavirus rate of transmission across the United Kingdom, has increased this week, to between 1.2-1.5, up from 1.1-1.4 last week. The figures are released each week by SAGE. The R number indicates the average number of people each person...
by Stefan Davies | Sep 25, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Novavax is ready to start its Phase 3 trial of a possible COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. The US firm will get 10,000 volunteers aged between 18 and 84 over the next four to six weeks. Half of the volunteers in the Novavax trial will have two shots of NVX-CoV2373 with...
by Stefan Davies | Sep 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Denmark, Iceland, Curaçao and Slovakia removed from safe travel list People arriving in the UK from Denmark, Iceland, Curaçao and Slovakia from 4am on Saturday will need to self-isolate for two weeks. The Department for Transport says...