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Boris Johnson has announced June 21's 'Freedom Day' will be delayed by four weeks as cases of the variant first detected in India spiral.
A man who spent 53 days in a coma has finally left the hospital where he's been since January.
There are reports tonight that the final stage of coronavirus lockdown easing could be held up by another four weeks.
Almost 80% of Indian strain - or Delta variant - cases in Kent are being seen in one half of the county.
Our political editor Paul Francis takes a look at all the big news from national and local politics this week.
Covid-19 cases are continuing to rise but the number of people who have had two doses of vaccine in the county has increased significantly.
Pupils at two grammar schools are being asked to take 'targeted' PCR tests as part of ramped up efforts to identify the Delta variant.
A town centre cocktail bar has been fined £1,000 after being unable to follow council inspectors' advice to make its garden confirm to Covid rules.
The Kent comic has enraged the Twittersphere after comparing today's young people waiting for Covid jabs with Second World War D-Day soldiers.
The NHS started calling those aged 25-29 for vaccination from today as the inoculation programme reaches the 'home straight'.
The NHS will start calling those aged 25-29 for vaccination from tomorrow as the inoculation programme reaches the 'home straight'.
A grandfather has told how he has been waiting six weeks for another vaccine after a botched second dose ran down his arm.
Shopkeepers in a Kent town say they are losing business due to the temporary closure of their high street.
As coronavirus cases across the UK increase infection rates are falling in five parts of Kent.
Matt Hancock has said ministers are "absolutely open" to June 21 being delayed and has suggested social distancing and home working could continue.
We visited a mobile testing unit set up after concerns about Indian variant cases in a town to see how it all works.
Cases of Covid-19 have risen by 40% in the past week with six areas seeing cases more than double and three postcode areas having surge testing.
The number of cases of the Indian Covid strain in Kent has risen for the fourth week in a row - but two areas of the county are recording none.
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