News stories tagged as "Professor Dominic Harrison"
Coronavirus column: Dom’s reflections on the last two years
Published at: 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.
Well-respected Director of Public Health retires this week
Published at: 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.
Coronavirus column: A look at how virus rates are rising
Published at: 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.
Coronavirus column: The Kindness of Strangers
Published at: 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.
Prof Dominic Harrison: the possible impact of Plan B relaxation across the North of England
Published at: Friday 28 January 2022 at 3:30 pm
The Omicron situation is improving across Lancashire – but it’s ‘not all over’ yet.
Coronavirus column: Health inequalities put us at greater risk
Published at: 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.
Prof Dominic Harrison’s column: The rise of Omicron
Published at: 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.
This week’s Coronavirus column: Plan B
Published at: 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.
Joint statement from the Council: Strict social distancing still in place
Published at: 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.
