‘We must all pull together’: Public health director issues warning as coronavirus cases continue to rise
Dr Sandra Husbands speaks out on need to act ‘to prevent more tragic losses’ as local incidence rates almost triple since start of October
Coronavirus testing
Council hits out at government for ‘shambolic’ Covid testing over weekend
‘Without a good testing programme, we cannot do our job,’ public health director warns
Coronavirus testing sites now accepting walk-up appointments in Hackney
Sites in Dalston and Stamford Hill now taking walk-ins after public health director’s warning over ‘errors’ in online booking system
Public health director warns social distancing has ‘slipped’ due to confusion
Work continues to ‘nip in the bud’ rise in cases in N16 as borough-level lockdowns dismissed as ‘unlikely’
Hackney care homes take part in ‘UK-first’ trial of rapid Covid test
Researchers hope the new test, which can show results in under an hour, will help ‘interrupt community transmission’
Local public health director slams quality of data from national test-and-trace effort
Sandra Husbands says information ‘not particularly useful’ as former WHO director urges council to use its own data channels