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Churchgoers and clergy alike are concerned that the pandemic has put the future of their parish churches in doubt, according to research from the University of Warwick and York St John University.
The first national lockdown closed churches across the UK and severely restricted ministry in areas such as pastoral care, fellowship groups, and serving the community. Church services moved online with varying degrees of success.
The Coronavirus, Church & You survey, a major study of the impact of the lockdown on churchgoers, clergy and lay people was conducted online from May to July 2020, and gathered more than 10,000 responses. A second iteration of the survey is currently in progress.
Surge testing not currently required in York SURGE testing - mass coronavirus testing of the city s population - is not currently required in York after cases of the Indian variant were confirmed. Public health bosses say the number of cases of variants confirmed in the city is very low and that surge testing, or door-to-door coronavirus testing, is not currently required. The council declined to say how many cases have been confirmed because the numbers are low - but all have been traced and their contacts notified, the public health team said. There is no evidence that the variants are resistant to the vaccine, so people should be reassured that as long as they are following the hands, face, space guidelines, there s nothing to be worried about, said Fiona Phillips, assistant director of public health for York.
Revealed: latest Covid figures for York schools, unis, care homes and hospital CONCERNS may be growing nationwide about the Indian variant but latest Covid figures for York show extremely low case numbers in the city’s schools, universities, care homes and hospital. City of York Council’s latest Covid data tracker report says just THREE children at three different schools tested positive for the coronavirus in the seven days to Monday. The University of York reported that just ONE individual was currently self-isolating because of a positive test, compared with 331 last October, while York St John University reported NONE, compared with 82 last October.