Coronavirus LIVE: Everyone in Sheffield over 40 offered Covid jab & 30-year-olds are next
and live on Freeview channel 276
Welcome to The Star’s live blog on Friday April 30, where you will be able to find a round-up of the latest coronavirus news and the biggest Sheffield news stories of the day.
Sheffield LIVE:
Key Events
- Everyone aged 40 and over in England now eligible for Covid vaccine
- Yorkshire and Humber records highest covid ratesin the UK - Barnsley and Doncaster have highest covid infection rates in the region
- The Sheffield neighbourhood where house prices have soared by 50 per cent
- Police called to The Range as furious Sheffield customer demands refund for broken hot tub
Barnsley and Doncaster have highest covid infection rates in the region
Overall the infection rate fell across the region although there were small rises in Barnsley.
Doncaster and Barnsley have the highest rate of infection with 60 cases per 100,00 people. In Rotherham the rate was 49 and 42 in Sheffield and Bassetlaw. The England average is 23.
In South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw just under 800,000 people have received the first dose of a covid vaccine. The number of people being admitted to hospital has fallen a gain. In the week up to Sunday 37 people were admitted for treatment .
Everyone aged 40 and over in England now eligible for Covid vaccine
People aged 40 and over in England are now being invited to book their coronavirus jab, NHS leaders have announced.
NHS England said that text messages will be sent out from Friday to 40 and 41-year-olds allowing them to arrange their vaccination appointments.
It follows nearly three quarters of a million appointments being made on Monday and Tuesday after the vaccine rollout was extended to people aged 42 to 44,
Police called to The Range as furious Sheffield customer demands refund for broken hot tub
Police called to The Range as furious Sheffield customer demands refund for broken hot tub
A customer has accused a popular multi-channel retail chain in Sheffield of refusing a refund or an exchange for a broken £500 hot tub that he bought over the weekend.