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The public have been urged to treat NHS services "wisely" after a surge in Covid cases puts hospitals and ambulance service under extreme pressure.
Many primary schools in Kent are to stay shut at the beginning of next term.
The reopening of Secondary schools has been delayed, the Education secretary has announced.
Health chiefs say they are delighted with the approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine - as they prepare to immunise thousands more against Covid.
Two doctors' practices have been closed after staff members developed Covid-19.
A web link has been published to let anyone in Kent's two highest Covid hotspots get free coronavirus tests as long as they don't have any symptoms.
Leaders of a busy GP practice with 10 staff members in self-isolation because of Covid-19 say local infection rates remain 'stubbornly high'.
A "logistical nightmare" prevented GPs in one town offering the Pfizer jab but the Oxford vaccine has offered hope.
A youth councillor for one of Kent's worst Covid hit boroughs has called for young people not to be ignored when discussing the impact of the virus.
A care home entertainer says he feels "hurt" after his shows were cancelled following a Facebook comment relating to Covid-19 rules.
More than 25,000 Covid tests were carried and some 14,000 lorries were moved on as part of a mammoth challenge to get HGV drivers out of the country.
A great-grandfather who lived in the same street for more than a century has died from coronavirus aged 101.
The number of patients in hospital with coronavirus has reached record highs as trusts warn of mounting pressure.
Covid-19 cases have dropped in some areas for the first time in weeks - but the county has seen a rise overall as hospitals struggle with capacity.
A group of community pharmacists were drafted in at short notice to ensure the safe and effective rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital.
Schools should not be required to open in the new year until vaccines are made available for teachers, says a Kent MP.
From lockdown to vaccine (and back into lockdown) - pictures that tell the story of a year like no other.
A Covid victim has told how the virus has left with her greatly distorted senses of taste and smell.
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