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Mandatory Covid jabs for health staff scrapped
02 March 2022Health and social care workers no longer need to be double jabbed to keep their jobs after the government changed the rules.
Forced self-isolation is gone so what's the new advice?
24 February 2022You'll no longer face a fine if you leave home with Covid-19 but what's the new advice and how long will you be able to get a free test for?
Self-isolation rules scrapped in new plan for 'living with Covid'
21 February 2022The Prime Minister has announced a move "towards normality" with self-isolation scrapped and testing scaled back.
The only Kent district with a Covid rate lower than England's
12 February 2022Covid cases are falling across Kent - but just one county district has a lower infection rate than the national average.
Pupils told to stay away from school
04 February 2022Two year groups at a Kent school have been told to work remotely because of staff shortages, with one in five teachers off due to Covid.
McDonald's parking spaces to be cut as fewer customers eat in
03 February 2022Bosses at a McDonald's are applying to cut the number of parking spaces because fewer customers are eating in - and they hope it will ease queues.
Calls to save homelessness service from KCC cuts
01 February 2022Concerns have been raised about a plan to axe a service for homeless people just as more residents are at risk of losing their home.
'Does the Prime Minister think I was a fool?'
31 January 2022A Tory MP told the Commons his family grieved for his Kent grandmother without hugging, in the same month parties allegedly took place at No 10.
Nine in 10 hospital beds taken up
27 January 2022Winter pressure on Kent's hospitals has been laid bare with more than nine out of 10 beds in the county occupied by patients, latest figures show.
Less than half wearing face masks as restrictions are lifted
27 January 2022We asked shoppers and businesses if they will carry on wearing face coverings despite being no longer mandatory.
Desperate Covid battle of dad-to-be, 31
27 January 2022A man aged just 31 has endured a terrifying six-week fight for his life after being struck down with Covid.
Kent's tourism industry took £2.5bn Covid hit, says report
26 January 2022The true extent of the devastating impact of Covid on Kent's tourism industry has been revealed in a new report.
Covid travel test provider opens in town centre
25 January 2022A company which offers rapid Covid-19 test results for people looking to travel has opened its second branch in Kent.
What is Stealth Omicron and why are scientists watching it so closely?
24 January 2022New Omicron variant BA.2, thought to be more contagious than the current strain, is being investigated by scientists worldwide and here's why:
The neighbourhoods where Covid cases have more than halved
22 January 2022Many neighbourhoods in Kent have seen dramatic falls in Covid-19 cases, which continue to drop across the county as restrictions are eased.
Back to Plan A: Everything you need to know
21 January 2022With coronavirus cases falling England is heading back to Plan A, but what are the restrictions being eased and how will they affect you?
Anti-vaxxers tell pharmacy boss clinic could be 'crime scene'
20 January 2022Anti-vaxxers have visited a town centre and told a vaccination clinic manager his premises are a "potential crime scene".
School defies rule change by keeping face masks in class
20 January 2022A Kent secondary school has defied the government's ending of Plan B restrictions by asking pupils to continue wearing masks.
Self-isolation rules set to be dropped and Plan B restrictions eased
19 January 2022Plan B restrictions including the face mask mandate will be axed while self isolation rules will be dropped.
Morrisons cuts sick pay for unvaccinated staff
18 January 2022Morrisons has become the first supermarket to make cuts to sick pay for unjabbed staff who have to isolate after being exposed to Covid.
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