Downland Practice joins mass vaccination at Newbury Racecourse
Surgery collaborating with other services to rollout vaccine
Charlie Masters
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The Downland Practice has backed the decision to rollout the coronavirus vaccine locally at Newbury Racecourse, and has asked for volunteers to help.
The Chieveley-based surgery is part of a team of practices organising a mass vaccination at the site, expected to get under way on January 11.
They tweeted:
To clarify our position. We are part of the team of practices organising a mass vaccination site at the Racecourse so will be up and ready with all the others on the 11th. https://t.co/5dKvBK1ypc
Coronavirus West Berkshire: Ray of light as vaccine centre planned for Newbury
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine being rolled out in parts of the district
Dan Cooper
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CHRISTMAS certainly won’t be the same this year – but there was a glimmer of hope that life might go back to some kind of ‘normal’ as West Berkshire residents started receiving vaccinations this week.
People living in West Berkshire will not be able to meet with anyone outside their own household over the festive period after the district was placed into Tier 4 restrictions.
The new measures, announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday, mean that residents will not be able to visit friends or family who live in a different home – even on Christmas Day.
Coronavirus West Berkshire: Treat everyone as if they have the virus
Unknown if new strain is in Berkshire
John Herring
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People need to be particular and treat everyone as if they have coronavirus to prevent it from spreading, a senior health official has said.
West Berkshire moved from Tier 2 to the new Tier 4 at the weekend following a rapid increase in cases, coinciding with a new strain of the virus rapidly spreading across the south east.
Director of Public Health Berkshire West Meradin Peachey said there was a combination of the new strain and changing behaviour behind the increase in cases across the South East.