Important Update re: Whole Families Self-Isolating
Mr J Sharp
Following the announcement by the Prime Minister tonight regarding further measures to help stop the spread of coronavirus, if one person in any household has a persistent cough or fever, everyone living there must stay at home for 14 days. Therefore, if your child is absent with symptoms then all children in the family must stay off school from tomorrow.
Thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding at a very difficult time for everyone.
Mrs. Tennant
The key new measures are:
Everyone should avoid gatherings and crowded places, such as pubs, clubs and theatres
Everyone should work from home if they can
All "unnecessary" visits to friends and relatives in care homes should cease
By next weekend, those with the most serious health conditions must be "largely shielded from social contact for around 12 weeks"
The UK is now "three weeks" behind Italy - the worst-hit country in Europe
If one person in any household has a persistent cough or fever, everyone living there must stay at home for 14 days
Those people should, if possible, avoid leaving the house "even to buy food or essentials" - but they may leave the house "for exercise and, in that case, at a safe distance from others"
Schools will not be closed for the moment
Chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty said the group of people who should take "particular care to minimise their social contact" were:
People over the age of 70
Other adults who would normally be advised to have the flu vaccine (such as those with chronic diseases)
Pregnant women