Norfolk County
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Area | 1150 |
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Population | 706,775 (2019) |
County seat | Dedham |
Colleges and universities | Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School |
Points of interest | Blue Hills Reservation |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3026750 |
About Norfolk County
Norfolk County is a county located in the U. S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2010 census, the population was 670,850. Its county seat is Dedham.
Two-tier care crisis: People forced to pay or wait
... " Norfolk County Council says it offered Mrs Lee several care home places and has " acted entirely within the requirements set out in the Care Act throughout"...
New Covid variant BA. 2. 86 behind Norfolk care home outbreak
... Norfolk County Council has been offering infection advice and support to the care home where there was an outbreak...
Warning DIY waste charges ban could push up council tax
... Suffolk County Council said scrapping the charges would cost an estimated £500,000 a year, while Norfolk County Council said the cost would be more than £1m a year...
The Gloucester: Items from 1682 shipwreck to go on display next year
... Margaret Dewsbury, from Norfolk County Council, said the museum was " incredibly excited"...
Omicron: Care rationed by a third of councils in sickness spike
... " Norfolk County Council executive director of adult social services, James Bullion, says staff sickness, because of Omicron, has put the system under critical pressure for more than three weeks...
New Covid variant BA. 2. 86 behind Norfolk care home outbreak
By Philippa RoxbyHealth reporter
A new Covid variant is spreading in England and has led to an outbreak at a care home in Norfolk, UK health officials say.
There have been 34 confirmed cases of BA. 2. 86, with 28 of those at the care home. There have been no deaths.
It is too early to draw conclusions on whether it is more serious than past variants, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.
People eligible for a booster jab this autumn are encouraged to come forward.
The government recently announced that the vaccine rollout would be earlier than planned because of the new variant. It will start next week.
The UK Health Security Agency's on Covid includes an analysis on BA. 2. 86, an Omicron spin-off.
It says out of the 34 cases confirmed through sequencing in a lab, five people have needed hospital treatment.
Norfolk County Council has been offering infection advice and support to the care home where there was an outbreak.
Staff and residents were asked to have tests when an unusually high number of people became unwell, health officials say.
Lab analysis found that BA. 2. 86 was confirmed in the majority of samples from those tests, they confirmed.
This variant has been detected in A Number of countries around The World .
Dr Renu Bindra, incident director at UKHSA, said BA. 2. 86 had a significant number of mutations to the viral genome compared to other Covid variants circulating at The Moment .
But she added: " The data So Far is too limited to draw firm conclusions about the impact this will have on the transmissibility, severity or immune escape properties of The Virus . "
Dr Bindra said it was likely to be some time before a confident assessment on that could be made.
" It is clear that there is some degree of widespread community transmission, both in the UK and globally, and We Are working to ascertain the full extent of this, " She Said .
Changing dates criticisedThe Department of Health and Social Care has been criticised for changing its mind on the start date of the autumn Covid and flu vaccine programme.
It usually begins in early September, but was pushed back to October to increase protection in December and January when flu and Covid are more likely to cause problems.
The timing has now changed again, to 11 September, because of concerns over the new variant.
Pharmacists said last week that they had been left with very little time to prepare for the rollout of Covid and flu vaccines.
People who are eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine include:
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com