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The postcodes to be tested for South African variant

The postcodes to be tested for South African variant

Check here to see if you will be one of the approximately 10,000 households asked to be tested for the South African Covid strain.

Six ways to boost your family's mental health

Six ways to boost your family's mental health

Encouraging better mental health is a big part of Children's Mental Health Week but how best can this be achieved?

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'Stay at home' confusion cleared up as testing to start

'Stay at home' confusion cleared up as testing to start

Teams of workers testing for a new coronavirus variant are due to go door-to-door in parts of Maidstone today.

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Covid vaccination site opens in Bluewater

Covid vaccination site opens in Bluewater

Boots has opened a coronavirus vaccination hub at one of its pharmacies in the Greenhithe shopping centre.

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Covid mural painted outside salon

Covid mural painted outside salon

A lockdown-hit hairdresser has commissioned an unusual artwork to brighten up her town centre business.

'It could be you who wakes from a coma unable to walk'

'It could be you who wakes from a coma unable to walk'

A mum who almost died from Covid has renewed her warning to be careful as she continues to battle major health problems including paralysis and PTSD.

Door-to-door testing for South African variant: How it will work

Door-to-door testing for South African variant: How it will work

Details have been released on how a large scale operation to test people in a part of Kent for the South African strain of Covid-19, will work.

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Town centre vehicle ban extended

Town centre vehicle ban extended

Vehicles look set to be banned from three of Kent's town centres until 2022 in a continued effort to protect shoppers.

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Covid oxygen readers saving lives

Covid oxygen readers saving lives

Oxygen pulse readers which have been rolled out across the county amid fears of a hidden symptom of Covid are helping save hundreds of lives.

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Health Secretary warns 'stay at home' as map reveals testing zone

Health Secretary warns 'stay at home' as map reveals testing zone

Matt Hancock says door-to-door testing will take place in the Maidstone postcode area after a case of South African Covid-19 was discovered.

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Vaccine scam victim: 'I was well and truly had'

Vaccine scam victim: 'I was well and truly had'

The victim of a Covid vaccine scam is urging others to be vigilant after he was asked for his bank details in an email.

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'No school staff lied or tried to jump any queues'

'No school staff lied or tried to jump any queues'

Teachers who took up the offer to have a coronavirus jab in good faith after being sent a link to an NHS booking site have hit out at critics.

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Leisure centre to become third mass vaccination centre

Leisure centre to become third mass vaccination centre

Another large-scale Covid-19 vaccine centre, capable of giving out thousands of jabs a week, is set to open in Kent.

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Man charged after vaccine factory bomb scare

Man charged after vaccine factory bomb scare

A man has has appeared in court after being charged following a bomb scare at a Covid-19 vaccine factory.

'Amazing' teacher's suicide after coronavirus anxiety

'Amazing' teacher's suicide after coronavirus anxiety

A "workaholic" prison teacher who always saw the best in people took his own life after locking himself away during the pandemic.

France to close border

France to close border

France has announced it will shut its border to all non-EU countries from Sunday.

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Three sites put forward for vaccine centre

Three sites put forward for vaccine centre

A cathedral and a council-owned community centre have been put forward as possible mass vaccine centres to boost roll out of the jabs.

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'He will be deeply missed by all who knew him'

'He will be deeply missed by all who knew him'

A bus driver who lost his battle against Covid-19 has been remembered by his colleagues.

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