Keep up the vaccine push

Monday 24 May 2021 Keep up the vaccine pushStaffordshire County Council is urging residents to keep pushing vaccine to take up as all people aged 32 and over can now book their Covid jab. After a successful pop-up clinic in Burton and passing a million doses of vaccine delivered in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent milestone earlier this month, the Council is asking people to keep up the good work in taking up the jab when eligible. Concerns…

Amanda Milling MP welcomes acceleration of vaccine rollout in Cannock Chase.

Amanda Milling MP has welcomed the Government’s Vaccines Delivery Plan – the biggest vaccination programme in British history – that sets ambitious targets as the government continues to ramp up its vaccine rollout. Already in Staffordshire, 92,326 vaccinations have been administered, as part of plans to vaccinate the top 4 priority groups by mid-February. In Midlands, 691,549 people have received a vaccine, with 756,433 doses administered in total across the area. The United Kingdom is…

Staffordshire leaders call for people working through lockdown to get tested

The leaders of Staffordshire’s county, borough and district councils have joined forces to appeal for all workers who can’t work from home to book a regular Covid test – as part of the rollout of mass testing of people without symptoms. With new Community Testing Centres open across the county, council leaders are calling for workers in all places allowed to stay open, to make testing part of their regular routine in efforts to identify…

Cases hit a record high in Staffordshire

Staffordshire residents with no Covid symptoms urged to get tested after cases hit record high in the county Residents who need to be out and about in Staffordshire during the lockdown are being urged to have regular Covid-19 tests, even if they don’t have symptoms. Staffordshire County Council now plans to roll out testing hubs in each of the eight district and borough areas as part of the testing blitz to help tackle soaring Covid…