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28 Dec, 4 tweets, 3 min read
You may be aware that @LG_NHS has declared an incident at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in #woolwich. I’d like to assure all residents of Greenwich that our teams at @Royal_Greenwich have been working side by side with our NHS colleagues & continue to do so tonight.
I’ve been speaking to colleagues at @LG_NHS today. The hospital is extremely busy but all patients continue to receive the care that they need, including oxygen therapy. The situation continues to be monitored. Today in @Royal_Greenwich our cases have rise to 761/100,000.
Given the continuing rise in Greenwich we are asking all residents of @Royal_Greenwich to help us by thinking 111 first. Whilst of course @LG_NHS is still open for you, there are lots of places across #greenwich to receive healthcare, advice & support.
We are also running an expanded programme of community testing. Please help us all by booking a test now. Over 1/3 of positive patients are showing no symptoms. We now have 3 centres open across #greenwich 👇🏻

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/200329/co…

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20 Dec
Having seen & read a few things online this morning, I just want to make a few points about the way we were treated in #greenwich this week following our ask to schools to change the way we were doing things in the final few days of term.
The @guardian reports Patrick Vallance said yesterday that this new strain was detected in September and by 9th December accounted for 62% of all new cases in London.
In #Greenwich we acted on 13th Dec in response to the increasingly challenging circumstances we were facing.
Cases accelerating and numbers in isolation rising. @MattHancock announced in the House of Commons on Tuesday that a new strain had been found. I’ve checked with our local public health team and this was the first time they were aware.
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19 Dec
Residents across @Royal_Greenwich will be in #tier4 from midnight - whilst many people will be understandably be upset about losing #christmas celebrations, it is absolutely vital we all work together across #Greenwich to deal with this new and immediate challenge. Some points ⬇️
1. The rate of infection across #greenwich is climbing incredibly quickly. Tonight, we are at 387/100,000 and our positivity rate is now 12%. @Royal_Greenwich
2. We have tonight been advised that the new strain of #covid19 is highly transmissible. Action is therefore needed to address this. We must do everything we can collectively to reduce our interactions with people as much as possible across #greenwich @Royal_Greenwich
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19 Dec
A lot of tweets and messages coming through. I’ll be joining other leaders on a call later and speaking to the @Royal_Greenwich management team shortly so will be in a better position to advise residents of #Greenwich of what this means for us shorty.
Thanks to residents asking about schools and what happened earlier on this week. I’ve double checked with our Director of Public Health & the first we heard of this new variant on Tuesday this week.
There is no doubt that today’s announcement is a devastating blow for those desperately wanting to see our loved ones. However, as @NicolaSturgeon has just said that this strain is up to 70% more transmissible & therefore urgent action is clearly required.
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17 Dec
Despite our teams & heads not hearing anything all along, it appears that schools will be going online after all. Here in @Royal_Greenwich I took the decision earlier this week to ask schools to change the way we did things here in #Greenwich

bbc.com/news/education…
I was deeply disappointed by the actions of @GavinWilliamson & the @educationgovuk who decided it would be better to see us in court rather than cooperate in the best interests of what was happening on the ground here in #Greenwich
The behaviour of the Government in creating an unnecessary row about legal powers would have been better spent sorting this out. Mass testing in schools has been something myself, other London leaders & @SadiqKhan have been banging on about for weeks.
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20 Oct
Well it’s been a ‘bit’ of a day here in @Royal_Greenwich & I want to be clear with residents about what’s happening with the @TfL negotiation and what it means for you here in #Greenwich - the negotiations are ongoing but here’s what we know so far...
@BorisJohnson is demanding that the congestion charge is increased to include the south circular. Any #Greenwich resident driving in it would face a £15 charge. This would affect thousands of our residents and more than 4 million Londoners.
@BorisJohnson is demanding that the zip card is scrapped for 32,000 children & young people in #Greenwich. The @Conservatives are planning to make 32,000 children & young people in #Greenwich poorer. They may talk about levelling up but want to increase your bills each week.
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