New Covid mutation found in Preston as residents urged to get tested
Residents in Lancashire have been urged to get a Covid test after cases of the new mutation were discovered in the county.
Thursday, 4th February 2021, 4:57 pm
Symptoms of the new mutation, which was initially found in Liverpool, reportedly include mild flu or cold symptoms and headaches.
Some people infected with the virus may only feel a bit under the weather , but residents in Preston and West Lancashire have been urged to get tested if they feel unwell.
Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, director of public health and wellbeing at Lancashire County Council, said: If you live in Preston or West Lancashire and you re feeling under the weather, please get a Covid test.
MATT Hancock has said that Lancashire will get its fair share of vaccines to meet target. Speaking in the commons on Tuesday (February 2) the Health Secretary has assured MPs that Lancashire will get its fair share of vaccines to deliver the target of offering everyone in groups one to four by February 15. Concerns were raised in the house by Conservative MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale David Morris who spoke of “scare stories in Lancashire of a shortage of vaccines”. Mr Hancock replied: “Of course the supply of vaccines is the rate-limiting step and we’ve seen from some of the things that have happened over the last week just what the strain is on vaccine supply, and some weeks the supply is higher than others.
MATT Hancock has said that Lancashire will get its fair share of vaccines to meet target. Speaking in the commons on Tuesday (February 2) the Health Secretary has assured MPs that Lancashire will get its fair share of vaccines to deliver the target of offering everyone in groups one to four by February 15. Concerns were raised in the house by Conservative MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale David Morris who spoke of “scare stories in Lancashire of a shortage of vaccines”. Mr Hancock replied: “Of course the supply of vaccines is the rate-limiting step and we’ve seen from some of the things that have happened over the last week just what the strain is on vaccine supply, and some weeks the supply is higher than others.
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Wednesday, 3rd February 2021, 3:11 pm
When asked about plans to cut the North West s supply of Covid vaccines by a third in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr Hancock dismissed media reports as not credible and denied there would be a reduction in supplies.
Morecambe MP David Morris asked Mr Hancock about scare stories in Lancashire, referencing media reports of North West vaccine cuts which were confirmed by the NHS last week.
Mr Morris said: There have been scare stories in Lancashire about vaccines being diverted to elsewhere in the country, causing a shortage and perpetuating further urban myths.
Health secretary Matt Hancock denied there would be a reduction in Covid vaccines in the North West in the House of Commons yesterday - despite NHS confirmation of the plans. photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/PA Media
Cllr Mohammed Iqbal Leader of Pendle Council THE leader of another council has added his voice to opposition to suggestions that vaccination supplies to Lancashire could be cut by a third. Last week Blackburn with Darwen borough s leader Cllr Mohammed Khan told the borough s Council Forum that any cut to Covid-19 immunisation supplies to the North West would be ‘a disaster’. The Lancashire Resilience Forum s chair and county council chief executive Angie Ridgwell has also said: We should not be penalised because other parts of the country have not done as good a job as us. “We should not be slowed down so that others can catch up because reducing our supply risks stalling our recovery from the pandemic.