Covid Watch 168: Omicron, face masks, new testing advice and peaking cases
andybodders Our country has been battered by Storm Arwen. Could it also be about to be battered by Variant Omicron? The new Covid variant has twice as many mutations as Delta,…
Covid Watch 167: Infection rates are going up and down in Telford and Shropshire
Just a quick update this week. The infection rate has been falling in Telford, though provisional data show a small increase in recent days. In Shropshire, the infection rate looks…
Covid Watch 166: Cases fall but more people in hospital
There has been a welcome fall in cases across England, and in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Ludlow. Rates however remain high. As always, we should view the trend with…
Covid Watch 165: Relief and caution as reported infections begin to fall
The infection rate in Ludlow halved during the week to 24 October. But, with 456 infections per 100,000 people, the rate remained high. Looking further afield, Shropshire had a infection…
Ludlow hospital building to be sold – we need a plan for Ludlow’s health estate
Ludlow Community Hospital has been under various degrees of threat over the last decade. Despite local protests, the maternity unit was closed. Births are now only supported at the main…