Peterborough Coronavirus (COVID-19) News

Peterborough City and Cambridgeshire County councils reportedly offered Covid-19 vaccinations to school and nursery staff ahead of the over-70s, going against the priority list for the jab.

Covid-19 antibody data for the East of England varies "substantially" compared to other regions across the country, new figures show.

Reader Peter Gregory responds to Sharon Stephens' letter - Mr Gregory says that the government has made a series of mistakes and decisions which have left us in the current "plight".

Peterborough has yet to see a fall in Covid-19 case numbers as seen in many other areas of the country - and that could be because the city is home to so many front line workers who cannot work from home.

Van Hage Garden Centre has temporarily shut for customers until Monday, January 25. 

A new initiative is aiming to make art more accessible to families while schools are closed during lockdown. 

A new laboratory in Peterborough will be dedicated to providing a range of decontamination tests to support healthcare and the local economy. 

A Peterborough taxi company is offering free rides for those aged over 70 who are going to get their Covid-19 vaccination.

More than 250 patients are being treated at Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke hospitals, as 41 deaths are reported by the Trust since January 13.

As the number of first doses delivered in the UK passed four million, ministers and officials said it was still too soon to rely on the jab “coming to our rescue”.