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At the start of September, the Isle of Wight's weekly rate of new infections was 3.1 cases per 100,000 population, but has now risen to 45.39 cases per 100,000
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Trying to make sense of the reduction in the cumulative total of positive Coronavirus tests, News OnTheWight looks back through the age breakdowns to work out what's happening
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The latest Annual Report from the Isle of Wight's Director of Public Health says a new priority will address inequalities in mental health and wellbeing
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Isle of Wight council was allocated more than £5.4 million to distribute to businesses, but just over £1 million was unclaimed and has to be sent back to Government
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Isle of Wight Council approves new public health strategy to keep its elderly population happy, healthy, and active
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Simon Bryant says we must manage the rate of infection carefully if we are to get to a point where we can have some kind of summer this year
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Isle of Wight hastens annual flu and Covid-19 jabs amidst new variant concerns
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If you were wondering why the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases did not increase much during the roll out of the Contact Tracing App - despite 1,765 people being notified via it - this is why.
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Isle of Wight public health director declares child obesity a major public health challenge
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Health chief urges people to carry on following good hand hygiene, using face coverings, ventilating spaces and questioning whether they have let the ‘right behaviours lapse'
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Only 2.6 per cent of those tested on the Isle of Wight in last seven days for Covid-19 were positive
Of all those tested for Covid-19 in the last seven days, only 2.6 per cent tested positive, it was revealed in today's Local Outbreak Engagement Board meeting
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It was only set up a couple of weeks ago, but the Isle of Wight council say apart from the next two weekends, the pop-up testing centre at Medina will be closing. Details within
