Health

THE first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in neighbouring Bracknell Forest, as the Government said that a total of 163 people had been diagnosed across the UK. Public Health...

THE COUNCIL is seeking to reassure parents that schools are safe and will remain open unless Public Heath England advises them otherwise. On Saturday, it was revealed that a Woodley...

A PATIENT at the Royal Berkshire Hospital has died after testing positive for coronavirus – the first such death in the UK. It is believed that the patient contracted the...

The World Health Organisation statistics professor from Wokingham borough has predicted the UK will have 100 confirmed coronavirus cases fairly soon and 1,000+ within three weeks. As we went to...

THE FIRST test results have come back for those who came into contact with a Woodley primary school staff member who caught the coronavirus while on holiday. The affected staff...

In Parliament yesterday, Reading East MP Matt Rodda raised the outbreak of coronavirus at Willow Bank Infant School in a question to the health secretary. Mr Rodda wanted more details...

SUPERMARKETS and chemists are running out of stocks of hand sanitisers as people look to boost their personal hygiene routines in the wake of the coronavirus. And shelves in stores...

SCHOOLS are being told not to close over suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus unless instructed to do so by Public Health England.  The new advice comes as the Department...

THE closure of three borough schools is purely precautionary and there is no indication that either site poses a risk.  That’s the verdict of Wokingham Borough Council’s director of children’s...

AN MP has expressed his concern for the person who has the coronavirus, and for the school. Matt Rodda’s Reading East constituency includes parts of Woodley and Earley, where Willow...