Sefton Council’s Director of Public Health Margaret Jones has joined her colleagues across the region to urge people to follow the latest lockdown rules and stay at home.
The plea from Directors of Public Health, who are leading the local public health response to COVID, comes as COVID cases have alarmingly increased in communities putting NHS hospitals under extreme pressure.
Essential reasons
Under the rules, people are strongly requested to stay at home and only leave the house for essential reasons such as getting a COVID test, food shopping, work, education, exercise or helping someone vulnerable. A full list of what is permitted is available at www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Ian Ashworth, current Chair of the Cheshire & Merseyside Directors of Public Health Board said: “The next few weeks are going to be extremely difficult and it will be some time until we see the impact of the lockdown take effect.
“People need to stay at home as much as possible. Only shop when necessary. Exercise away from other people.
“If you cannot work from home and have a symptom free test centre in your area, get tested regularly so you can self-isolate before symptoms show.
“We are working hard with health and government partners to speed up and unblock barriers to the rollout of the vaccine for the most vulnerable groups but this will not happen overnight.
“We now have a number of licensed vaccines which will mean more vaccines becoming available locally.
“In the meantime, we need people to double their efforts to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.”
Vaccination
A Sefton Council spokesperson said: “The COVID-19 vaccination programme has seen over a million vulnerable people and those that care for them vaccinated so far.
“Vaccines are the way out of this pandemic and an effective vaccine is the best way to protect people from COVID.
“Members of the public will be invited by the NHS when it’s their turn for a vaccination and it is important that everyone who is offered the vaccine takes it to protect themselves and others.
“Directors urge those waiting for their vaccine to be patient and not contact the NHS or their GP surgery as it will take time for the vaccine to be rolled out to all priority groups.
“If residents follow the rules and stay at home, then lockdown restrictions will end sooner and people can look forward to better times ahead.
“Directors would like to thank everyone who has been doing their bit for so long, and understand they desperately wish to see an end to the restrictions, but it’s more important than ever that people now put in that extra effort to keep friends, family and communities safe.”
Symptoms
If you develop symptoms of COVID (fever, new continuous cough or loss/change of taste or smell) you can obtain a test by visiting nhs.uk/coronavirus or calling 119. If your test is positive you must follow the guidance including self-isolating immediately. More information on self-isolating can be found at www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19
Anyone needing support during this difficult time should visit www.kindtoyourmind.org which has details of 24/7 crisis helplines and resources to help mental wellbeing.
Find out more information about COVID-19 in Sefton.
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