Updated story: Two academy schools will not be following Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe’s call for all the borough’s schools to close in light of increasing coronavirus cases among teenagers. Thorpe announced on social media on Sunday afternoon that he would be asking all the borough’s schools to switch to online learning from Tuesday, except […]
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Close your schools, Greenwich Council tells heads as virus cases shoot up
Greenwich Council has asked all the borough’s schools to close this week as the coronavirus spreads among the borough’s teenagers. Council leader Danny Thorpe announced this afternoon that he had asked schools to move to online learning from Tuesday, except for vulnerable children and those of key workers, because on “exponential growth that demands immediate […]
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Covid-19 vaccine could come to Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals by Christmas
Stocks of coronavirus vaccine should reach Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals by Christmas, south-east London’s health service said earlier this week. The first people in the world were given the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine on Tuesday morning when the UK became the first country to start issuing the jab; the first patient to receive the treatment in […]
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Lewisham Covid-19 test centre joins growing list of SE London facilities
A new walk-in Covid-19 test centre has opened in Lewisham town centre, Lewisham Council announced at the weekend, increasing the number of testing facilities in south-east London. The new centre is in a car park on Molesworth Street, behind the Lewisham Centre, and is open from 8am to 8pm every day. However, tests are only […]
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Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley to get rapid coronavirus testing kits
Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley are among the boroughs who will be receiving lateral flow tests for coronavirus, which can deliver results within 15 minutes, the government has confirmed today. Health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the three authorities were among the 66 areas across England that will each receive 10,000 kits. Bromley, Southwark, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets […]
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Greenwich hotel car park to become walk-in Covid-19 test centre
A walk-in coronavirus testing centre is to be set up in the car park of a Greenwich town centre hotel, bringing the number of units in the borough to five. The new centre, at the De Vere Devonport Hotel off King William Walk, was confirmed by council leader Danny Thorpe in a council newsletter. It […]
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Walk-in Covid-19 test centre to open off Plumstead High Street
Greenwich borough is to get its second walk-in coronavirus test centre next week when one opens on on a temporary car park off Plumstead High Street. The news was confirmed by council leader Danny Thorpe in a council newsletter. Plans for the facility, on the Abery Street car park, follow the opening of the borough’s […]
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Council meeting off as Greenwich grapples with Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions
Wednesday’s full meeting of Greenwich Council has been cancelled at short notice after London moved into Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions last week. All 49 councillors had been meant to gather by their webcams for the virtual meeting, which residents had submitted questions to. But the meeting was cancelled on Tuesday, shortly before its agenda was […]
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