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Our short film reaches more than 12,000 people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFsrtvUB2tE Just before Christmas, Healthwatch Essex launched a sensory awareness campaign supported by our Collaborate Essex forum. The campaign is designed to raise awareness for those living with sensory impairment during the pandemic and the new challenges it has brought. The video has now been viewed more than … Continue reading Healthwatch Essex News & Updates

Join Professor Brian Cox for this free online event on 28 January at 6pm, and explore the vaccines currently being developed and deployed around the world to tackle the #COVID19 pandemic with our panel of experts. https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/01/vaccine-race/ Will vaccines provide the solution to the coronavirus pandemic? The race for a COVID-19 vaccine. Image credit: Mr. … Continue reading Royal Society Free Event : Professor Brian Cox discusses vaccine development

Content originally from GOV.UK This bulletin provides an overview of norovirus and rotavirus activity in England during the winter of the 2020 to 2021 season. The data presented are derived from 4 national Public Health England (PHE) surveillance systems, including laboratory surveillance of norovirus and rotavirus, enteric virus (norovirus, rotavirus, sapovirus and astrovirus) outbreaks in … Continue reading Public Health England Stats : National norovirus and rotavirus bulletin: management information

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership

New fast Covid-19 testing centres have opened in Essex. These centres are for people who don't have symptoms.