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9 November 2026
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Time for booster if you were vaccinated before Easter, say health bosses

Bedfordians who had their COVID vaccine before Easter are being urged to get their booster by health bosses at Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Clinical Commissioning Group (BLMK CCG)...
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coronavirus

Highest local Covid rates linked to ‘significant school outbreaks’ meeting told

So far this term Bedford Borough Council has received over 1,500 positive Covid case notifications from schools, with 382 in the week commencing 4 October, a meeting heard...
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Charan Sekhon

Bedford SEVA Trust UK chairman hailed as ‘lockdown hero’

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coronavirus testing

Rapid increase in overall Covid cases across Borough

There has been a rapid increase in Bedford Borough’s overall Covid case rate over the last two weeks, a meeting heard. Ian Brown, chief officer for public health, told yesterday’s (30 September...
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Secondary school

Covid infection rate in children double since schools reopened

The Covid infection rate for secondary school-age children in Bedford has doubled since they first returned to school. And the number of positive case notifications is more than four...
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vaccine

Greater efforts to increase vaccine uptake as Covid cases on the rise in Bedford Borough

Increases in Covid cases across the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) area have led to pressures on local hospitals, but efforts are being made to increase vaccination uptake...
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Natasha Moore of Woodfines Solicitors

Legal advice: Difficult decisions facing employers as furlough scheme ends

With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme drawing to a close at the end of September, many employers are facing some difficult decisions, writes Natasha Moore of Woodfines Solicitors...
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Bedford Borough fit schools with CO2 monitors to fight COVID transmission

Bedford schools have been given carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors by the council to reduce Covid transmission as term begins next week. Bedford Borough have provided primary and secondary schools...
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Guru Nanak Temple Queen's Park COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccine centre

NHS to look after Bedford’s contact tracing as health chiefs focus on unvaccinated

Contact tracing has been switched off in Bedford as public health chiefs turn their efforts to persuading the unvaccinated to get jabbed. A meeting was told that although case rates...
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Bedford Rock Choir return to post pandemic real-life rehearsals

Bedford Rock Choir rehearsals resumed in person this week following the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. Members of the Bedford, Milton Keynes and Hitchin choirs were delighted...
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