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Greater Manchester one of nine areas to trial self-isolation support Date published: 26 May 2021
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Nine parts of England with higher coronavirus infection rates will pilot the trials, designed to encourage people most at risk of catching and transmitting Covid-19 to come forward for testing and to self-isolate successfully if they test positive
Greater Manchester is to be one of nine areas across England to trial more ways of supporting people to self-isolate.
Nine parts of England with higher coronavirus infection rates will pilot the trials, designed to encourage people most at risk of catching and transmitting Covid-19 to come forward for testing and to self-isolate successfully if they test positive.
NEW measures to support people through isolation are set to be introduced by the Government. New ways of supporting people during self isolation are set to be trialled in nine regions. They could be rolled-out nationally if the pilots are successful. It is hoped the measures, which include mental health and social care during isolation, will encourage people to get a Covid-19 test and isolate if necessary. Some people might not be in a position financially or in their home-life to self-isolate despite coming into contact with coronavirus. Paul Scott, leader of the Independent group on Allerdale Borough Council who sits for St John’s ward in Workington, said that it was welcome news.
24 May 2021
Local authorities will pilot alternative accommodation and translation help to further support those who have to self-isolate
Programme designed to help find further ways to support people self-isolating across the country
The government is to launch 9 trailblazing pilots in England to test new, creative ways to help ensure people stick to self-isolation rules in areas with higher prevalence of infection including from new variants.
In partnership with local authorities, the government is backing the pilots with £12 million which will be used for a range of initiatives including providing alternative accommodation for people in overcrowded households, social care support such as increasing existing social care support for vulnerable adults and providing ‘buddying’ services for people whose mental health has been affected by lockdown and the variant outbreaks, and language communications support for individuals where English isn’t their first language. These pil
Thousands of volunteers will get a booster jab as part of the trial. Seven existing vaccines are to be tested in the Cov-Boost trial to see which jabs could be used in any forthcoming autumn vaccination programme. Some 2,886 people aged 30 and older are being recruited at 18 NHS sites from London to Glasgow, with the first booster jabs administered in early June. Scientists want people who received their first dose of either Pfizer/BioNTech or AstraZeneca in December or January to sign up, and hope people aged 75 and over will also come forward. Experts believe that all seven vaccines will boost immunity, and lab studies will check their response to variants circulating in the UK, including those from India, Kent and South Africa.