North East leaders statement in full as they call for national coronavirus lockdown
Matt Hancock announced the North East will go into Tier 4 on New Year s Eve
16:20, 30 DEC 2020
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Kingston Council’s Director for Public Health has sent out letters to all of the borough’s secondary schools inviting parents and their children to access asymptomatic coronavirus tests. Director for Public Health Iona Lidington wrote to schools on December 17 informing them about asymptomatic testing in the borough, expected to be available in December. A spokesperson for the council said: “Families were invited to book the asymptomatic testing through the national website for testing at national test sites.” They added: “Some schools were also offered the opportunity to access an additional testing location at Kingston University in the week commencing December 20.”
Changes to visits at Lanarkshire care homes have been outlined by NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire’s Director of Public Health has written to all care homes in Lanarkshire to advise them on changes to visiting. (Image: REACH PLC)
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Targeted community testing extended to 10 more areas
More local authorities to be offered rapid-turnaround lateral flow tests to detect asymptomatic cases and help slow the spread of coronavirus.
From:
23 December 2020
Large-scale community testing is a key part of the government’s COVID-19 Winter Plan to identify those with coronavirus earlier in order to break the chain of transmission and keep the virus under control.
The 10 new areas join 106 others who are already signed up to roll out rapid community testing in December or January, including some areas which are now in Tier 4 such as London and Medway in Kent.
Around 1 in 3 people have coronavirus without symptoms so could be spreading the virus without knowing. Targeted community testing of people with no symptoms will help identify positive cases more quickly and break chains of transmission.
Government tiers review update
Exponential rises in cases in the South East and East of England necessitate decisive action ahead of the formal review on 30 December.
From:
From the beginning of 26 December, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire and most of Hampshire to be escalated to Tier 4, Cheshire and Northamptonshire escalated to Tier 3, and Cornwall and Herefordshire escalated to Tier 2
Latest data confirms rapid case rises are strongly linked to the new strain of coronavirus
After careful consideration of the latest data, the following local authority areas will move to Tier 4: Stay at Home from the beginning of 26 December:
Brighton and Hove