A business owner has pleaded guilty to possessing thousands of illicit cigarettes and tobacco, following an investigation by Cumbria Trading Standards.
THE MEDICINES regulator has approved a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, Cumbria s public health director has called the move very positive. Janssen s Coronavirus vaccine, which proved to be 85 per cent effective in stopping severe illness in the trial stage, has met the requisite safety standards. The UK has ordered 20 million doses of the Belgian-made jabs which will arrive later this year. Cumbria s public health director Colin Cox said: It is very positive news to have had another vaccine approved, this will add to the supply available to us though I imagine it will take a little while for that supply to start coming through properly.
Fewer than 10 cases of Indian variant recorded in Cumbria
Colin Cox, Cumbria’s director of public health
Fewer than 10 cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus have been found in Cumbria, the county’s public health director said.
New COVID-19 cases in Cumbria remained low in the week ending May 21 with just 39 new cases recorded, compared to 41 in the previous week.
Latest data shows 328,000 people (75 per cent of the adult population) have now had their first COVID-19 vaccine dose, with a further 204,000 (46 per cent) having also received their second dose.
“The picture in Cumbria remains encouraging with the number of new cases staying low and the vaccination programme progressing well,” said Colin Cox, Cumbria’s director of public health.