A care home has been plunged into special measures after staff members claimed "they had never been told they had to" wear masks.

A top councillor says staff at an under-fire medical practice are having problems answering the phones because they've been diverted to vaccine work.

A snapshot of absence rates for one week this month show nearly 12,000 pupils were not in class because of Covid.

Parents of pupils, being sent home to isolate after coming into contact with coronavirus, could be entitled to a £500 one-off support payment.

A Kent university has recorded its biggest-ever Covid outbreak, with more than five times as many students testing positive than the week before.

Hundreds of children have been sent home after an outbreak of Covid cases led to more than half of pupils and staff being forced into isolation.

It's the start of the end as health bosses close one their first Covid asymptomatic test centres after 28,000 tests.

A pub has closed after a Covid outbreak was confirmed among its customers.

Walk-in Covid vaccine clinics open in Kent for all over 18s to receive theirs without an appointment as the NHS launches a big push for more jabs.

After it was revealed two million Britons may have suffered Long Covid a mum has told of the horrific and often surreal symptoms she still lives with.

With parents worried about spreading Covid at parties, and a no-blow candle in production, has the pandemic ended the tradition of candles on cakes?

Hundreds of prison workers are set to strike in protest against a dispute over health and safety to deliver classes in prison during the pandemic.

A carer who has spent more than 150 days in hospital battling Covid-19 has finally been discharged from intensive care.

An MP has reacted angrily amid claims of 'government cronyism' after a Kent councillor and Tory donor's firm secured a £100m deal to supply PPE.

Learner drivers wanting to take their practical test in Kent are facing extremely long waits for appointments.

More than 300 over-18s were vaccinated in the first hour of a walk-in Covid jab centre opening today and others are being urged to take up the offer.

If you think returning to the office will be the same as it once was...then think again.

Cases have risen once again in the week restriction easing was postponed but the vaccine programme is reaching its final stage.

Over-18s will have the chance to get a walk-in Covid jab this weekend when two mass vaccination centres open.

The news care home workers will need to have have mandatory coronavirus vaccinations has been welcomed by care experts and others in the county.