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Stay at home - but do get your free COVID test
An important message from Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council
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Brent and the rest of London are now in Tier 4, a new level of restrictions that reflect the serious increase in the spread of COVID-19. Cases of coronavirus in Brent are rising dramatically and this means we are all being asked to stay at home as much as possible. This is a very dangerous moment for us all, with a new strain of the virus that appears to be passed on much more easily. But it still needs people to give it a chance to spread.
If you limit the time you spend with other people, wear a face covering, continue to wash your hands and keep indoor spaces well ventilated, then we can slow the spread and prevent the risk of severe illnesses.
So, I urge you to please stick to the new rules, which are:
- You must stay at home, apart from essential reasons like going out to get COVID test
- No indoor mixing with any other households, including at Christmas.
- You should not leave Tier 4 areas, or stay overnight away from home
- You can only meet one person from another household in public outdoor spaces
- Non-essential shops, gyms and leisure facilities, and personal care services are closed.
The most important thing you can do is to stay at home, unless for essential reasons such as work if you cannot work from home, to get food or medicine, for childcare, to exercise, for medical care, or to get a Covd-19 test. Read a full list of the rules.
The instruction not meet with anyone who you do not live with at Christmas is a major change to the previous ‘Christmas Bubble’ guidance. I know – as happened with other religious festivals, including Eid and Diwali - the last minute disruption to Christmas plans will have been painful to many of you, but the rules are unfortunately necessary to protect each other. If you are finding things difficult there is help available
This situation won’t last forever, so please focus on the decisions you make to protect each other, the NHS and save lives. Please do have a Happy Christmas and let’s look forward to a brighter 2021 together.
WATCH: Dr Melanie Smith, Brent's Director of Public Health, explains the new strain of COVID-19 that is being passed on more easily among us - and what you can do to stop the spread
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