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Following a concerning rise in the number in COVID-19 infection rate in the Barrow Borough Council area the Director of Public Health has issued new advice tonight.
General public guidance
There is already a legal limit of six on the number of people who can meet in groups indoors or outdoors.
In addition, in the Barrow Borough Council area people are now being strongly advised that groups of six should be limited to people from no more than 2 households at any one time.
This is to reduce the level of social contact between different people and reduce the risk of infection spreading. It will also help improve the effectiveness of local contact tracing efforts.
Guidance for hospitals, care homes, early years settings and schools
Further to this public advice, additional measures are being advised in hospitals, care homes, early years settings and schools. These are:
- Visitor restrictions at Furness General Hospital (already in place)
- Visitor restrictions in care homes (from Monday) to minimise risk to vulnerable adults and people living with physical and/ or learning disabilities
- Restrictions on all non-essential visitors to early years settings and schools (from Monday)
Further guidance for early years settings and schools is being prepared and will be circulated tomorrow.
We apologise for the short notice, but it is important that we are able to move quickly when issues arise.
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