Preston Covid rate now highest on record

Preston’s weekly coronavirus case numbers have hit the highest level at any point since the pandemic began for the second consecutive day. View email online

Subscribe Sep 17, 2020 Good evening, While the political row continues over Covid testing, one sensible point has been made at least. School pupils SHOULD have rapid access to testing to avoid mass absences. Schools in Lancashire have worked incredibly hard to enable the full reopening of schools so youngsters do not miss out on their education and the socialisation and human contact that comes along with that. We need to build on that work. School children, teachers and staff must have reliable, rapid, access to tests if it is to continue. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock says this will happen. Let’s hope it does. Because the impact of having children off school is much higher than simply their missing classes. It impacts families and therefore their workplaces and from there the economy. But most importantly, having children off school erratically puts them at risk from developing social skills and even a risk from food and other poverty. Every one of us had a childhood and whether we enjoyed school or not it forms us now as adults and we owe our youngsters at least that. All the latest on Covid-19 in Lancashire is continually updated by our local teams online. Wishing you a relaxing evening, Nicola Adam Deputy Editor You can contact me by email at nicola.adam@jpimedia.co.uk and I'm on Twitter - @jabberingjourno Preston Covid rate now highest on record as changes to testing in the city are announced Preston’s weekly coronavirus case numbers have hit the highest level at any point since the pandemic began for the second consecutive day. Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust appoints Kate Maynard as new chief operating officer Kate Maynard has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT). Preston social worker brings organisations together in support of men's mental health Hazel Atherton, from Preston, organised a networking event with a range of male mental health organisations before lockdown - to see how they could best help men in the city. Preston rugby club to host NHS flu vaccine centre A purpose-built NHS flu vaccination centre is set to to open in Preston on September 28. Walk up Covid community test sites in Lancashire to reduce openings from seven to five days The walk up Covid community test sites in Lancashire are reducing from seven days a week to five from tomorrow Coronavirus in the North West: This is every confirmed case in the North West on Thursday, September 17, 2020 Another 1,209 people have tested positive in the North West, bringing the region's total number of cases to 63,376 as of Thursday, September 17, 2020. View more Coronavirus news

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