Published:
7:30 AM December 19, 2020
Public Health Suffolk director Stuart Keeble has urged people to wear facemasks when meeting other households over Christmas to prevent the spread of Covid-19
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Households meeting up over Christmas should wear facemasks and have windows open to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, Suffolk s public health chief has said.
Government rules for over the festive period allow
three households to meet over a five day period from December 23, but fears remain that it could lead to a spike in cases in the New Year.
Speaking during Friday s local outbreak engagement board, Public Health Suffolk director Stuart Keeble said: Clearly it s a massively important time for many of us in the year, and we know the guidance available is clear that we have those days where we can meet up with two other households to celebrate Christmas.
Published:
7:30 AM December 19, 2020
The University of Suffolk will offer rapid Covid-19 tests to all staff and students when they return in January 2021
- Credit: Gregg Brown
All staff and students returning to the University of Suffolk in the New Year will get rapid-result tests for Covid-19, it has been announced.
Appointments for lateral flow testing - those which can return results within around half an hour - will begin from January 4, with students and staff being tested regardless of whether they have symptoms.
Public Health Suffolk director Stuart Keeble told Friday s local outbreak engagement board meeting that all students would be tested twice within four-to-eight weeks of the start of term.
Published:
7:30 AM December 19, 2020
Public Health Suffolk director Stuart Keeble has urged people to wear facemasks when meeting other households over Christmas to prevent the spread of Covid-19
- Credit: Archant
Households meeting up over Christmas should wear facemasks and have windows open to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, Suffolk s public health chief has said.
Government rules for over the festive period allow
three households to meet over a five day period from December 23, but fears remain that it could lead to a spike in cases in the New Year.
Speaking during Friday s local outbreak engagement board, Public Health Suffolk director Stuart Keeble said: Clearly it s a massively important time for many of us in the year, and we know the guidance available is clear that we have those days where we can meet up with two other households to celebrate Christmas.
Published:
7:30 AM December 19, 2020
The University of Suffolk will offer rapid Covid-19 tests to all staff and students when they return in January 2021
- Credit: Gregg Brown
All staff and students returning to the University of Suffolk in the New Year will get rapid-result tests for Covid-19, it has been announced.
Appointments for lateral flow testing - those which can return results within around half an hour - will begin from January 4, with students and staff being tested regardless of whether they have symptoms.
Public Health Suffolk director Stuart Keeble told Friday s local outbreak engagement board meeting that all students would be tested twice within four-to-eight weeks of the start of term.
Published:
8:35 PM December 18, 2020
Local contact tracing for Covid-19 in Suffolk had been 93% successful in November, according to Public Health Suffolk
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Contact tracing teams in Suffolk successfully identified more than 1,000 people at risk of spreading Covid-19 last month, according to latest data - with a success rate of more than 93%.
In November, Public Health Suffolk s contact tracing team worked with 403 positive Covid-19 cases and identified 689 contacts from those cases.
It equates to 93.3% success rate for local contact trace methods, which have helped curb the spread of the infection where the national NHS test and trace service has been unable to.