Omicron may cause Chelmsford hospital staffing to get ‘very difficult in next few weeks’
COVID could lead to staffing issues at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford getting “very difficult in next few weeks”, a senior
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Better PPE needed at Southend Hospital
NHS campaigners are backing an “urgent” bid to get more protection for frontline medical staff at Southend Hospital, in the
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Dozens of hospital staff off work in Omicron outbreak
Almost 100 members of staff in east London hospitals are off work as COVID cases continue to rise in the
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Christmas puddings – or should that be turkeys?
It takes a spectacular level of hypocrisy to accept a job to lead the investigation into alleged parties held in
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Hospitals prepare for surge in Omicron admissions
THE Government has ordered hospitals to limit the admission of elderly patients and discharge the “medically fit” before Christmas –
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Teachers prepared if Omicron pushes learning online
Teachers are “well prepared” to move to online learning if the rapid spread of the new variant of COVID-19 forces
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Christmas plays cancelled in COVID scare
Christmas festivities have been cancelled at some schools in Southend after stringent COVID guidelines were issued by the borough’s public
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Omicron case confirmed in Southend with three others highly probable
Southend Council is urging residents to follow the measures to help reduce transmission and slow the spread of the Omicron
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Southend Council is aware of one highly probable and one probable case of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with B.1.1.529 (variant
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Is it really too much to ask?
With cases of the new COVID Omicron variant already showing up here (in Brentwood and Nottingham), face masks are to
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