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1: Stay at home away from other people immediately for 10 full days. Count your 10 days using the NHS Covid-19 app.

PEOPLE across the Dudley borough who are self-isolating may be eligible for up to £500 if they are unable to work.

Financial clarity call ahead of summit Published: Extend furlough scheme for as long as it is needed, FM urges UK Government Ahead of the rescheduled four-nations Covid recovery summit, the FM is calling on the UK Government to extend furlough, rule out a return to austerity and prioritise a just recovery from the pandemic, ensuring that pre-existing inequalities are not further exacerbated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “We ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Rapid COVID-19 testing has been hailed by the Health and Social Care Secretary as vital for our roadmap out of lockdown. In a similar vein, the government has introduced a workplace testing scheme in England under which employers are eligible for free lateral flow tests until 30 June 2021 and home test kits where it is not possible to set up on-site testing. In a survey we ran recently of 93 organisations, while the vast majority of s...

Personal touch: Hillingdon contact tracers A PILOT contact tracing scheme launched by Hillingdon Council this month, to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, is already seeing positive results.  It is one of several local authorities taking part in the ‘Local-0’ scheme, which enables them to support more quickly residents who test positive. Those in Hillingdon who get a positive COVID-19 test will get a call from the council, rather than being contacted by a national call ce...

£500 grant available for people self-isolating due to Covid-19 Self-isolation is different to lockdown and social-distancing, but if you have to do it, you could be eligible for a £500 one-off payment Islanders may be eligible for a £500 grant if they need to self-isolate due to Coronavirus. Residents on lower incomes can apply for the national Test and Trace Support Payment if they’re unable to work from home while self-isolating and will lose income as a result. Support during isolation...

Isle of Wight Radio 3:00pm - 7:00pm Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Coronavirus: £500 Isolation Grant Could Be Available For Islanders By Iona Stewart-Richardson Islanders could be eligible for a £500 grant if they need to self-isolate due to coronavirus. Residents on lower incomes can apply for the national Test and Trace Support Payment if theyre unable to work from home while self-isolating and will lose income as a result. The one-off payments ...

“We need everybody to get into the habit of twice-weekly testing as part of our everyday lives.   “A one-off test will offer little benefit as it can only provide information about likelihood of being infectious at that point in time.   “Twice-weekly testing will help to keep each other safe and alongside the ongoing vaccine rollout, it will help us to move forward with the roadmap out of lockdown.”  Secondary and college students are already being given tests to use at home twice ...

Residents on low incomes in Lambeth who need to self-isolate and cannot work as a result can now apply to the council for payments of up to £500.  Lambeth Council launched a Covid-19 self-isolation support service this week with the aim of helping people struggling financially and is working with Age UK to give practical advice.   According to the local authority, the £500 payment scheme is aimed at “filling gaps in the government’s existing Test and Trace Support Payment that m...

Schools and trusts should work closely with parents and carers (future references to parents should be read as including carers), staff and unions when agreeing the best approaches for their circumstances. Overview To prepare for this: review and where necessary, update your risk assessment make sure you are following the system of controls to minimise the risk of infection, including planning for asymptomatic testing have a contingency plan in place for outbreaks in your school or changes in r...