Published on Thursday 31 March 2022 at 9:52 am
In his final coronavirus column as he retires today, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison reflects on Blackburn with Darwen’s pandemic experience.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Monday 28 March 2022 at 7:56 am
The Director of Public Health who has been at the helm of Blackburn with Darwen’s course through the Covid pandemic is retiring this week.
Filed under: Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | Professor Dominic Harrison | public health | retirement
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 11:27 am
In his penultimate column ahead of his retirement, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison gives an update on the rise in Covid cases and hospitalisations, and reflects on the additional risks to people with preventable conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 17 February 2022 at 10:23 am
In his weekly Coronavirus column, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison considers the personal responsibility we will need to take to keep ourselves and others safe as we learn to live safely with Covid.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Friday 28 January 2022 at 3:30 pm
The Omicron situation is improving across Lancashire – but it’s ‘not all over’ yet.
Confirmed Covid-19 case rates and hospitalisations have been falling across both the UK and Lancashire over the past seven days – but the rate of decline is slowing.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Omicron | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Friday 21 January 2022 at 10:01 am
In his weekly column, Prof Dominic Harrison, our Director of Public Health, reviews the current data and comments on the health inequalities that put areas like Blackburn with Darwen at a greater risk:
The good news is that it looks like the reported Covid Omicron case rate peaked in parts of Pennine Lancashire at or around the 5th January.
Filed under: coronavirus testing | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 16 December 2021 at 3:29 pm
Covid Omicron cases across Lancashire continue to rise, adding to the existing rising case rate of the Covid Delta variant.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | Omicron | Plan B | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 21 October 2021 at 10:59 am
In his Coronavirus column this week, Prof Dominic Harrison, our Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, comments on the government’s Plan B.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Monday 11 May 2020 at 6:35 pm
We have all sacrificed a lot and as civic leaders we want to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped us respond to this terrible virus – by staying at home, by staying safe, by volunteering to help and by keeping an eye on vulnerable neighbours.
Filed under: Councillor Mohammed Khan | Denise Park | Professor Dominic Harrison
