New variant of coronavirus could well already be circulating in our area says public health boss
The Director of Public Health at Coventry City Council has
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The new variant of Covid-19 could well already be circulating in our region , Coventry s director of public health has said.
Schools should move online for two weeks in January amid rise in cases – union
PA
21 December 2020, 2:20 pm
The Government should allow schools to move classes online for most pupils for a fortnight in January to allow Covid-19 cases to fall, Britain’s largest teachers’ union has said.
The leaders of the National Education Union (NEU) have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to call for all students to be kept at home – except key workers’ children and vulnerable pupils – over the first two weeks of January to get mass testing set up.
The two-week period should be used to begin vaccinating school staff, as well as NHS and care workers, the union leaders say in their open letter.
Staycations and family visits are set to involve a ten-day self-isolation period, just like foreign holidays.
Public health officials in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester are urging anyone visiting from London, a Tier Four area or Wales – which is against government guidelines – to self-isolate for at least ten days.
Dominic Harrison, director of public health for the Lancashire authority of Blackburn with Darwen, said anyone who had travelled from a Tier Four area after last Wednesday should self-isolate for at least five days.
Scenes of people packing into railway stations in London before Tier Four controls came into force at midnight on Sunday have prompted fears the more infectious coronavirus variant could be spread across the country.
Community testing offer rolled out to highest risk Tier 2 areas
Community testing programmes will be offered to worst-affected Tier 2 areas, in addition to Tier 3 areas, to help prevent areas in Tier 2 moving into the toughest restrictions.
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16 December 2020
Community testing programmes will be offered to worst-affected Tier 2 areas, in addition to Tier 3 areas
Rapid, regular testing will help drive down transmission rates to help prevent areas in Tier 2 moving into the toughest restrictions
London is the latest local authority confirmed to receive enhanced community testing support
Local authorities in the worst-affected Tier 2 areas, will now be offered community testing in addition to Tier 3 areas, the government has announced today.
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