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Lincolnshire GPs vaccinate thousands of elderly against COVID-19 Priority for over 80s and the vulnerable Janet Judson, 84, a retired nurse, was the first in Lincolnshire to get the COVID vaccine from lead nurse Leanne Belton. | Photo: ULHT Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 by GP services in Lincolnshire since the rollout of the jab. A Louth Hospital volunteer said more than 900 vaccines have been given out across Sunday and Monday, meanwhile, Caythorpe and Ancaster Medical Practice said over 2,000 had also taken place in the south of the county altogether. Lincolnshire is one of more than 100 parts of the country that are taking delivery of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, but NHS England refuse to specify how many vaccines were administered in our region so far, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday over 500,000 doses have been delivered nationally. ....
Man seriously injured in Boston attack A police cordon was put in place on Red Lion Street in Boston. Photo: Rafael Gamito A man suffered a serious head injury and another male was arrested after an alleged assault in Boston on Tuesday evening. The victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham after the incident on Red Lion Street. It happened at around 6.15pm on Tuesday, July 28. A police cordon was put in place. Police said an 18-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of GBH and remains in custody, and he will be questioned in due course. ....
Lincolnshire hospitals change Christmas visiting rules Cut to one day and one visitor Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite Patients at Lincoln and Boston hospitals will be allowed just one visitor on Christmas Day only, following the government’s tighter lockdown measures. However, with the government’s Christmas guidelines changing on Saturday, allowing people in tiers 1, 2 and 3 to mix just on Christmas Day, Lincoln County and Pilgrim hospitals have cut their available visiting dates to just December 25. Visiting at Grantham District Hospital is still not permitted due to it being a COVID-free site, which enables surgery and cancer treatment to continue. ....
Tier 3 Greater Lincolnshire: 307 COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths on Monday 40 countries ban flights from the UK There have been 307 new coronavirus cases and six COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Monday. Boston and Lincoln have the highest infection rates of all areas under tier 3 resections and their 400-plus per 100,000 people infection rate is double than some tier 4 areas, according to PA analysis of Public Health England data. The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 218 new cases in Lincolnshire, 62 in North Lincolnshire and 27 in North East Lincolnshire. On Monday, five deaths were registered in Lincolnshire and one in North Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county. ....
Evicted shop tenants break back in to sell illegal cigarettes They’ve been banned for three months Vina Mini Market on Lincoln High Street. | Photo: The Lincolnite A shop on Lincoln High Street has been ordered to close after previously evicted tenants broke back into the store to continue selling illegal cigarettes. Vina Mini Market, situated at 110 High Street in Lincoln, had been reported by Lincolnshire Trading Standards earlier in 2020 for selling counterfeit cigarettes. This prompted the landlord to order bailiffs to evict the shop owners, due to using the store for criminal activity. Once the bailiffs had left, the recently evicted shop tenants returned to the store by breaking in and continued to trade illicit tobacco. ....