Coronavirus - https://dudleylive.co.uk Your Dudley. Your News. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:53:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://dudleylive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-DUDLEY-32x32.jpg Coronavirus - https://dudleylive.co.uk 32 32 England’s new Covid variant: should we be worried? https://dudleylive.co.uk/englands-new-covid-variant-should-we-be-worried/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:58:51 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15894 Dr Zania Stamataki sets out the key factors … and says there is no need to panic

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]]> Scotch eggs: 10-fold surge in demand for ‘substantial meal’ https://dudleylive.co.uk/scotch-eggs-10-fold-surge-in-demand-for-substantial-meal/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:25:49 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15859 The snacks were deemed by ministers last week to be sufficient to order alongside alcohol in tier 2-area pubs

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]]> Scrap rapid Covid tests in England’s care homes, experts urge https://dudleylive.co.uk/scrap-rapid-covid-tests-in-englands-care-homes-experts-urge/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:43:19 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15500 Figures from Liverpool programme reveal lateral flow tests missed 30% of those with a high viral load

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]]> Is long Covid contagious and can children get it?: your questions answered https://dudleylive.co.uk/is-long-covid-contagious-and-can-children-get-it-your-questions-answered/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:46:29 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15373 You put your long Covid questions to us. Here are the answers

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]]> Has Britain’s second largest city reached breaking point? https://dudleylive.co.uk/has-britains-second-largest-city-reached-breaking-point/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:02:26 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15041 Covid-19 has dealt a heavy blow to Birmingham’s glitzy city centre led by retail – and it’s revealing other deep fault lines

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]]> Unions call for frontline UK workers to be prioritised for Covid vaccine https://dudleylive.co.uk/unions-call-for-frontline-uk-workers-to-be-prioritised-for-covid-vaccine/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:15:16 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14971 Unite wants key workers included alongside elderly and healthcare staff in early stages of immunisation

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]]> Government secures 5 million doses of Moderna vaccine https://dudleylive.co.uk/government-secures-5-million-doses-of-moderna-vaccine/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:20:42 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14679 Vaccine could be delivered to the UK from Spring 2021 The UK government has completed negotiations with biotech company Moderna to secure access to 5 million doses of its promising vaccine, enough for around 2.5 million people, the Business Secretary announced today (Monday 16 November). If it meets robust standards of safety and effectiveness and […]

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]]> London gym owner fined £67,000 for refusing to close during lockdown https://dudleylive.co.uk/london-gym-owner-fined-67000-for-refusing-to-close-during-lockdown/ Sat, 14 Nov 2020 23:27:59 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14593 Andreas Michli finally shut his Wood Green gym after police stopped customers entering

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]]> Welsh move to cancel GCSE and A-level exams puts pressure on No 10 https://dudleylive.co.uk/welsh-move-to-cancel-gcse-and-a-level-exams-puts-pressure-on-no-10/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:39:20 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14388 No plans to follow Wales, says Johnson spokesman, as unions say England is ‘lagging behind’

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]]> Before and after the start of England’s second lockdown – in pictures https://dudleylive.co.uk/before-and-after-the-start-of-englands-second-lockdown-in-pictures/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:41:18 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14341 England began its second nationwide lockdown on 5 November. Before-and-after photographs reveal the impact of the first days of the four-week stay-at-home order in which all non-essential shops and venues have to close.

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