Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest Updates

Coronavirus

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News

Good News On Vaccination Roll Out

More than 34.5 million people in the UK have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. And if you want even more positive figures: We have administered a total of 50 million vaccine doses across the UK, including 15.5 million second doses.

Coronavirus Pandemic - One Year On

It’s a year this week since the Prime Minister appeared on our TV screens to explain the UK was entering a period a lockdown to try to bring the rising rates of coronavirus infections under control. Within days, schemes were set up by the Treasury to support businesses which had been forced to clos

Positive Thinking on School Return

The children of Brentwood and Ongar have returned to school this week amid a genuine feeling of excitement having been out of the classroom since before Christmas. After a difficult end to the Christmas term when Brentwood was hit by the highly contagious Kent variant of the coronavirus and childre

Alex Welcomes Acceleration of Vaccine Rollout in Brentwood and Ongar

Alex has welcomed the latest figures showing 35 per cent of people in Brentwood and Ongar have now received a vaccine In total, more than 19.3 million doses have been administered to over 18.6 million people across the United Kingdom – equivalent to 1 in 3 adults.

Covid_19 Roadmap Out of Lockdown

This week the Prime Minister has set out the Government’s roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions in England – a cautious but optimistic path to the summer and to what we hope we will be the irreversible end of lockdown. This is truly exciting.

CM13 Surge Testing From 22nd February

People aged 16 and over, living or working within the CM13 postcode in Brentwood are being asked to get a Covid-19 test as soon as possible, whether they have symptoms or not - latest Information can be found here. The advice from Public Health England follows confirmation of an isolated case of th

£240m Funding Boost for Essex Since Start of the Pandemic

Councils in Essex have received more than £240m in new funding since March 2020. This funding boost is part of the £803m of extra support that the East of England has received. The Conservative Government has given councils in England over £7 billion in additional support throu

Vaccines and Exemplary Parish Councils

More than twelve million people across the UK have now received their first vaccination against the worst effects of COVID-19, with half a million of those being fully vaccinated with the follow up dose. At this stage of the pandemic, our scientists have deduced that prioritising first doses f