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How are England's Covid restrictions changing after Plan B?

Shoppers in Norwich staying safe in face masks. Picture: Sonya Duncan

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How are England's Covid restrictions changing after Plan B?
File photo dated 30/11/2021 of Health Secretary Sajid Javid who has announced Hotel quarantine for t

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'We must learn to live with Covid' says health secretary on Plan B's end

Grace Piercy

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Specialist and patient at a Talking therapy meeting

Mental Health

NHS trust launches £1.8m fund for community groups tackling mental...

Holly Chant

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement ahead of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of C

Plan B measures to be scrapped across England

Owen Sennitt

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An NHS doctor had his car's tyres slashed and believes it was targeted. Picture: Lynne Cameron/PA Im

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'We will put the time in to support them': help for those anxious about...

Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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Homerton Hospital

London Live News

Covid patient numbers remain steady at Homerton Hospital

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A nurse administers a coronavirus vaccine 

London Live News

Councils with low Covid vaccine rates given funds to help people get jabbed

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Dr Opat, from Cranwich Road Surgery in Stamford Hill, receiving a vaccine administered by Dr Cerian Choi.

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Mass vaccination drive in Stamford Hill

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Sajid Javid was made Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the January

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Covid self-isolation period to be cut to five days

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A member of staff wearing PPE walks through a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital

London Live News

Rise in Covid cases at east London hospitals slowing

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Staff at the East London Foundation Trust - which has been rated 'outstanding' for the third time running

East London NHS Trust rates 'outstanding' for third time running

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A nurse wearing full PPE adjusts a curtain on a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital

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Covid hospitalisations 'plateauing', says Homerton Hospital chief executive

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Someone in blue PPE holding Covid-19 vaccine

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Covid booster uptake remains low in Hackney

Holly Chant

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A jumble of medical paraphernalia including boxes and throat swab packets.

London Live News

Hundreds of staff at north London NHS trusts off sick due to Covid

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The government has denied a report that free lateral flow tests could end

Coronavirus | Opinion

'Now is not the time to stem the lateral flow'

André Langlois

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Nadhim Zahawi in the House of Commons

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Government minister supports cutting Covid self-isolation to five days

Sean Galea-Pace

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A nurse checks on a patient suffering with Covid-19 on the critical care unit at the Royal Papworth

London Live News

How many Covid patients are in hospital in Hackney?

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A study suggests that Hackney and Islington have high numbers of sleep-deprived residents

Wellbeing

'Why can't I sleep': Hackney and Islington some of the most...

Holly Chant

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Vikki and Anthony mobilised a network of volunteers from the Bike Shed in Shoreditch to help during the Covid pandemic

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Meet the Archway couple who 'saved lives' with their volunteer biker army

Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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A member of staff wearing PPE walks through a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital

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Hundreds of Homerton Hospital staff self-isolating but situation...

Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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A sign informing customers that there are no lateral flow test kits available a Boots Pharmacy in Bracknell, Berkshire.

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Explained: New PCR test rules brought in as Omicron cases surge

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covi

'We have a chance to ride it out' - PM says no new restrictions planned

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Secondary school pupils in masks

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What are the new Covid rules as pupils return to school?

Grace Piercy

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People queue for coronavirus testing

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Three quarters of those with colds likely to have Covid, study finds

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An antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhoea has been detected in London

London Live News

Health warning issued after gonorrhoea strain detected in London

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Lateral flow Covid tests have proved popular as people test before Christmas and New Year's celebrations

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What does a faint red line on a lateral flow Covid test mean?

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Richmond Road Medical Centre was recognised by the National General Practice Award last month

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Award-winning Hackney GP gets fifth health gong

Holly Chant

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Health secretary Sajid Javid

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People with Omicron up to 70pc less likely to need visit to hospital

Sean Galea-Pace

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Hackney resident and founder of BritBanglaCovid Ripon Ray

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“People were not fully informed”: Covid and the Bangladeshi community 

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File photo of a hospital ward

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Homerton Hospital: Visitors reduced at hospital as cases soar by 218 per...

Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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