COVID-19

After much anticipation, the Nottinghamshire area, including Nottingham City, has been placed on ‘high’ alert as part of the new local Covid restrictions, as announced by the government on Monday....

Over 100 staff members from across the University of Nottingham have signed an open letter addressed to Vice-Chancellor Shearer West, over their ‘deep concern’ with a recent call for paid staff to volunteer as virtual Contact Centre Advisors and support workers in halls....

Nottingham has now been confirmed to have the highest weekly rate of Covid-19 in the country, with 2,200 new cases recorded in just the first week of October. This is equivalent to 689.1 cases per 100,000 people....

Three weeks have passed since students were welcomed back to University in Nottingham for the start of term. During these three weeks, Nottingham has seen the highest number of cases in a week, since the coronavirus peak in April. The week before term commenced, Nottingham only had 98 cases,...

Nottingham has recently seen a surge in the city’s Covid rate to 440.1 per 100,000, giving it the fifth highest rate in England. In a pledge to keep staff, students and the local community safe, the University of Nottingham has introduced an asymptomatic testing on campus from Monday 5th...

As Covid-19 cases have risen rapidly in Nottingham over recent days, a local lockdown announcement later this week now seems inevitable for the city it has been reported. From today, Nottinghamshire residents across the county have been urged by councillors to avoid mixing indoors with other households in a...

Several University of Nottingham halls of accommodation have been plunged into chaos after reported COVID-19 outbreaks, leaving many students uninformed, without food and unable to leave their rooms.  ...