COVID-19 heroes from South Cheshire attended a special Number 10 Reception as part of the NHS 75th anniversary celebrations.
Roger Morris, Raj Patel and Karen Cotici were invited to honour their roles in helping protect the local population during the pandemic.
The NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in Cheshire has vaccinated more than half of adult care home residents in the first few weeks, figures show.
Teams of NHS staff had visited more than 50% of the care homes in the region by end of April.
Unfortunately, a recession has long been expected in the UK.
This is largely due to the economic impacts of Covid-19 among other global factors, such as the conflict in Ukraine.
A new vaccination centre has opened in Crewe to help administer the COVID-19 autumn booster campaign.
Hollowood Chemists have opened a new centre at Crewe Honda Centre on West Street.
PCR testing sites in Crewe and Macclesfield will be closed from Friday (April 1) as part of central government plans to close all free testing sites by the end of March.
Also, from Friday 1 April, free LFD tests will end.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A councillor has sought assurances that Cheshire East’s £11.5m general reserves would be enough in the event of a crisis because it is lower than most local authorities.
The council increased its general reserves from £10m to £11.5m last year – taking it to 3% of the annual revenue budget.
Covid-19 cases are at their highest level in Cheshire East since the global pandemic was declared in March 2020, latest figures show.
Official Government stats show positive cases in Cheshire East as 540 per 100,000 population.
There has been a significant increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Crewe and Sandbach areas, say council health chiefs.
Crewe accounts for one in five of all COVID-19 cases in the borough with 697 cases per 100,000.
Covid-19 has changed the entire world forever, whether we like it or not.
And perhaps one of the biggest changes has been the way we work.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Unvaccinated Cheshire East Council staff who take time off work to self-isolate as a close contact of a Covid-19 case won’t be classed as being off sick.
From yesterday (August 16), people who are double jabbed or aged under 18 are no longer legally required to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case.
A Nantwich secondary school has reinstated mandatory wearing of face coverings for all pupils inside school buildings.
David Cole, headteacher at Brine Leas School, said the move “is not the situation that anyone would desire but it is the one we need”.
Fourteen people in Cheshire East area have contracted the Indian Variant of Covid-19 virus, health chiefs confirmed today.
It comes amid concerns that the variant is spreading in pockets of the UK, leading to speculation of potential local restrictions.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
More than half of all sick days taken in February by staff at the Cheshire NHS body leading the Covid-19 vaccination programme were down to stress, anxiety, or depression.
That’s according to the latest workforce report from NHS Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which leads the vaccine roll-out in the county.
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