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'I can't breathe and am in constant pain, please take Covid seriously'

'I can't breathe and am in constant pain, please take Covid seriously'

08 January 2021

A Covid patient reveals the 'manic' situation in hospital where he's struggling to fight the virus and begged people to take the pandemic seriously.

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Mum's Covid death just weeks after starting dream NHS job

Mum's Covid death just weeks after starting dream NHS job

08 January 2021

Tributes have been pouring in for a healthcare assistant and mum-of-three who died after contracting Covid-19 just weeks after starting her dream job.

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Tests find 900 symptomless Covid carriers

Tests find 900 symptomless Covid carriers

08 January 2021

A month after it was first launched, specialist testing has identified almost 900 people who had coronavirus without knowing.

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Everywhere you can now get a Covid vaccine

Everywhere you can now get a Covid vaccine

08 January 2021

Here is everywhere you can get a coronavirus vaccine as more centres are opened in Kent.

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Life support for brain damaged girl, 5, can be turned off

Life support for brain damaged girl, 5, can be turned off

08 January 2021

A judge has ruled doctors treating a brain damaged five-year-old can turn off her life support.

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'It wasn't how I wanted to tell my children about my cancer'

'It wasn't how I wanted to tell my children about my cancer'

07 January 2021

A mum with incurable cancer has come up a novel way for parents to tell children after facing the emotions of telling her own about her diagnosis.

Highest number of Covid-19 deaths yet

Highest number of Covid-19 deaths yet

07 January 2021

Hospitals in Kent reported an additional 50 deaths yesterday - the highest figure in the pandemic.

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'Up to 1 in 3 people in Kent have caught Covid'

'Up to 1 in 3 people in Kent have caught Covid'

07 January 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Almost one in three people in Kent could have already had coronavirus, scientists have estimated.

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'Give us more vaccines' say frustrated GPs

 'Give us more vaccines' say frustrated GPs

07 January 2021

Clinicians are working to vaccinate over-80s against Covid-19 - but say sparse and unpredictable supplies of the vaccine are slowing down the process.

Vaccine finally coming to town

Vaccine finally coming to town

07 January 2021

People living in a part of Kent that has had high infection rates for weeks will start receiving Covid-19 jabs from next week.

Farmers offer to help build 'super Covid vaccine centre'

Farmers offer to help build 'super Covid vaccine centre'

06 January 2021

A farmer and his son say super Covid drive-thru centres are needed to deliver the vaccine and have offered to help build one.

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'I tried Veganuary and stayed on the diet for a year'

'I tried Veganuary and stayed on the diet for a year'

06 January 2021

Last year a KM reporter decided to give Veganuary a go - a year on and he's still on it.

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What you need to know about Covid vaccine and testing

What you need to know about Covid vaccine and testing

06 January 2021

It is essential we all do everything we can to help beat the virus, so here is a guide about what you need to know about testing and the vaccine.

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50 extra ambulance staff redeployed to Kent

50 extra ambulance staff redeployed to Kent

05 January 2021

Ambulance crews from nearby counties originally redeployed to Kent as part of Brexit plans are now helping with pressure caused by the pandemic.

The area in Kent with the highest death rate in the UK

The area in Kent with the highest death rate in the UK

04 January 2021

Updated figures reveal which area in Kent is now recording the highest Covid death rate in the UK.

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'Rapid tests are 50% unreliable...but you must still follow rules'

'Rapid tests are 50% unreliable...but you must still follow rules'

04 January 2021

A GP insists those who test positive for Covid via rapid testing must adhere to isolation rules - even though the results are just 50% reliable.

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Slimmers share lockdown weight loss

Slimmers share lockdown weight loss

01 January 2021

Super slimmers from Kent have shared their weight loss success stories after shedding the pounds in lockdown.

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Kent GPs fight plans to cancel second Covid jabs

Kent GPs fight plans to cancel second Covid jabs

31 December 2020

Thousands of over-80s in Kent could have their appointments for a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine rescheduled under NHS plans.

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Covid patients transferred hundreds of miles amid critical care bed shortage

Covid patients transferred hundreds of miles amid critical care bed shortage

31 December 2020

Seriously ill Covid-19 patients in Kent are being transferred hundreds of miles to hospitals as far as Devon amid a shortage of critical care beds.

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Home births suspended as ambulance crews stretched

Home births suspended as ambulance crews stretched

31 December 2020

Mums-to-be wanting to give birth at home will not be able to due to a suspension of home births to ease pressure on the ambulance service.

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