Coronavirus cases continue to rise locally
There were 886 new cases of coronavirus in Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people to go back to their workplaces.
During a speech at the Conservative Party Conference on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said: “As we come out of COVID, our towns and cities are going to be buzzing with life because we know that a productive workforce needs the spur that only comes with face-to-face meetings and water cooler gossip.
“If young people are to learn on the job in the way they always have and must, we will and must see people back in the office.”
The latest COVID stats for Lincolnshire are:
During his 45-minute speech, Mr Johnson praised the UK’s contributions to the COVID vaccine and praised the roll-out of the government’s programme of jabs.
However, he said COVID had “sadly not gone away, the impact on death rates has been astonishing”. “Every day with every jab our vaccine defences are getting stronger,” he said.
The Prime Minister also used his speech to praise the NHS nurses who treated him when he had coronavirus.
However, he warned that despite the positive news around vaccines, there was a “huge hole” in public spending.
“We spent £407bn on COVID support and our debt now stands at over two trillion,” he said.
“Waiting lists will almost certainly go up before they come down,” he added.
Elsewhere, scientists believe they have found the cause of a skin condition known as “COVID toes”.
The condition sees hands and feet become inflamed and covered in redness, and a new study believes it is a side effect of the immune system’s response to COVID-19.
They said there were two parts of the body’s defences which could be responsible, an anti-viral protein known as type 1 interferon and a further antibody which mistakenly attacks a person’s own cells rather than just the virus.
119,456 cases (up 886)
2,352 deaths (up one)
of which 1,417 hospital deaths (up one)
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