The owners of the cafe in Alexandra Park will be opening later on Sunday mornings to avoid serving protesters they say are “mocking the sacrifices we have all made” by gathering in breach of coronavirus rules. Emma Harwood reports.
A first stage of testing people who may have Covid-19 but show no symptoms has got under way in East and West Sussex. Testing is being carried out at two test sites and a number of participating pharmacies.
When he recently contributed a piece on why we should avoid hospitals, hospital worker Brian Bostock confided that he had no direct experience of Covid-19. Now he has, and it was not an experience he wants to repeat.
Welcome light on the latest developments in the local battle against Covid-19 was thrown in Friday’s Question Time on Isolation Station, including news on the imminent roll-out of asymptomatic testing in East Sussex. Meanwhile, as the government unveils its roadmap to normality, the latest East Sussex health statistics indicate substantial improvements. Research and graphics by Russell Hall, text by Nick Terdre.
The growing network of vaccination sites is enabling immunisation against the coronavirus to gather pace in Hastings and Rother. The NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has moved to fill the information gap on how the service is organised and how it works. Nick Terdre reports.
East Sussex County Council has decided to introduce mass community testing for Covid-19 using lateral flow devices. Reservations have been aired about this form of test – is it up to the job? Text by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
HOT’s Chandra Masoliver asks a medical friend, Professor Edward Tuddenham, to explain what role vitamin D has in the Covid-19 pandemic, and if taking the vitamin might prevent us from getting the disease or reduce its worst effects? And if so why?
Vaccination, an important new phase in the battle against Covid-19, is under way in East Sussex, and in Hastings at a single dedicated site. Report by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
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