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Dad struck down by rare illness after Covid
13 May 2022A "fit and healthy" man was left totally paralysed and unable to breathe after being struck down by a rare illness after he contracted Covid.
Could Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 cause another Covid-19 surge?
10 May 2022Two new Omicron strains are causing a rise in Covid-19 cases in South Africa and UK health officials are watching closely.
Omicron XE is being watched by scientists as cases double
25 April 2022Cases of new Covid-19 variant Omicron XE have doubled in a fortnight with most in the south and east of England, but is this sharp rise a concern?
Kent neighbourhood has highest Covid rate in England
23 April 2022Covid cases are continuing to fall across the county but one area of Kent has recorded the highest infection rate in England.
Kent Covid patients at highest level for 14 months
18 April 2022An NHS leader says people should be encouraged to wear face masks as the number of Covid patients in Kent's hospitals more than doubles in a month.
'Anti-Covid pill helped me within hours'
08 April 2022A Kent woman is among the patients who have received a cutting-edge Covid-19 antiviral treatment at home.
Car park to reopen as test site dismantled
06 April 2022A car park used as a drive-through Covid-19 testing unit will soon reopen to the public as the facility is taken down.
Covid jabs for children aged five to 11 to start next week
31 March 2022Covid-19 vaccine appointments are to be available to all children from Saturday as the national roll-out extends to youngsters next week.
Met Police officer headbutted bar manager
30 March 2022A serving Met Police officer from Kent has received a suspended prison sentence after headbutting a bar manager in London.
Who will still get free Covid tests after Friday?
28 March 2022Covid cases are surging but access to free lateral flow tests is being scaled back from this Friday.
Covid rates jump above national average in most Kent districts
26 March 2022Rates of Covid infection have gone above the national average in all but two of Kent's districts, amid a big rise in new cases.
'The current economic crisis is a bigger worry to us than Covid'
23 March 2022Exactly two years on since the start of the first lockdown, we revisit a Kent high street to find out how it's fared and what the future holds.
Spike in Kent Covid patients as new cases soar
20 March 2022Covid patient numbers in Kent have risen by almost 30% in a week as new cases continue to soar across the county.
Covid travel restrictions no longer in place from today
18 March 2022Despite a rapid rise in coronavirus cases the UK's international travel restrictions are being dropped.
'Cases are rising fast - but we have to learn to live with virus'
16 March 2022Covid cases have risen by nearly 80% in Kent in the past week - but many feel it is time to 'get on with life and stop living in fear'.
What is Deltacron and how fast is it spreading?
14 March 2022Covid cases are rising rapidly again and among them may be a new variant - but what is Deltacron, where is it and how worried should we be?
The Kent district where Covid cases are up 70% in a week
12 March 2022Infections are on the rise again across the county - but do we need to worry?
Covid cases second highest ever as rates rise in over 55s
10 March 2022Covid cases are rising in people aged 55 and over, with the latest React virus study picking up it's second highest prevalence rate since 2020.
£3m unused Covid hub taken down
04 March 2022Work to dismantle Kent's Nightingale 'surge hub' for Covid patients - which has never been used - is well underway.
Nightingale courts to continue at hotel
03 March 2022A Kent hotel will be used for 'nightingale courts' for another year as efforts to tackle the backlog of cases caused by Covid continue.
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