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Covid-19 cases are rising in the area

We urge people who live and work in the borough to be cautious as cases continue to rise. It’s not over yet, play your part!

🔹 Get the vaccine when offered
🔹 Test twice a week with a symptom free test
🔹 Feeling unwell? Isolate immediately and get a standard (PCR) test
🔹 Remember: Hands 🙌 Face 😷 Space ↔️ Fresh air 🍃

🚌  All aboard the vaccine van!

Anyone aged 18 and over can get a jab this week from the Covid-19 vaccine van. 

Any adult who has not had their first vaccine is invited to come along. No appointment is needed, people can just turn up.

Where: Stone Street Square in Dudley

When: Saturday 3 July, 9am to 5pm

👉 Find out more

💉 Where can I get vaccinated in Dudley?

If you haven’t had your first dose yet – and are aged 18 or over – there is a vaccine with your name on it, so please come forward and make an appointment. 

Find a variety of walk-ins, pharmacies and local vaccination centres in Dudley.

👉 More information

No appointment? No problem!

You can get your first or second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Jhoots Pharmacy, Brierley Hill Health and Social Care centre, Venture Way, DY5 1RU. 

👉 7 days a week, 10am - 10pm and no appointment is necessary. 

📺 Karen Wright, Director of Public Health at Dudley Council, discusses Delta the dominant COVID-19 variant. 

🤒 Get tested for even the mildest symptoms

We're urging residents to get a covid test even when displaying the mildest symptoms not typically thought of as covid. 

👉 Find out more

Latest News

✔️Testing in schools “critical” to bring down rates

Twice-weekly testing for children in schools is “critical” in bringing down fast-rising rates of Covid in the borough.

👉 Read full story 

📣 New coronavirus test site in Sedgley

A new coronavirus test site will open in Sedgley to boost testing capacity in the north of the borough as cases continue to rise.

👉 Read full story 

💉Over 18? You're up! Let's get vaccinated.

Vaccine appointments are now available for anyone aged 18+.

Visit the NHS covid-19 vaccine website or call 119 for free, and book your appointment as soon as possible.

👉 Latest vaccination guidance 

💉 Get your second dose

45% of people across the Black Country & West Birmingham have now had both doses of the Covid-19 jab.

If you have missed your follow up appointment, please rebook today to ensure a stronger, better immune response and longer-lasting protection.

👉 Book now or call 119.

Remember ❗️ It's important that you still get tested even after you have received both doses of the vaccine. 

Take the right test!

COVID-19 symptoms or feeling unwell? Isolate immediately and book a standard (PCR) test.

If you have no symptoms, twice weekly rapid COVID-19 tests help detect and contain asymptomatic cases.

📣 The Covid-19 vaccine is our best defence against the virus – used alongside effective social distancing, wearing a mask and washing your hands. Getting vaccinated means protecting yourself, and potentially your family and friends from the virus.

Things we can do to stop the spread of new variants:

Covid-19 cases are rising and non-UK variants have been detected in the borough. There are things we can all do to help stop the spread:

1. Work from home if you can 🏡
2. Keep your contacts as low as possible
3. Do twice weekly symptom-free tests
4. Meeting indoors? 🏘️ Open windows and doors and let fresh air in 🍃
5. Wear a face covering 😷 as much as possible
6. Wash your hands regularly 🙌
7. Take a standard (PCR) test if you have COVID-19 symptoms
8. Isolate with your household if you test positive 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
9. Give names of all contacts and places visited when asked by contact tracing teams
10. FINALLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY - Get vaccinated as soon as you are eligible! 💉

Have your say!

Let us know what you think about ways to contact the council - from housing repairs and requests to asking for help accessing council services.

📲Take the survey here.

Reminders:

• Some restrictions remain in place.🌳 Outdoor gatherings are limited to 30 people. 🏡 Indoor gatherings are limited to 6 people or 2 households.
  Latest government guidance

• The mobile testing unit at Saltwells has now relocated to Engine Lane in Brierley Hill. The test centre is drive-in only and for people with symptoms. You must book an appointment online or call 119.

• 📲 Download the NHS Covid-19 app and make sure to check in at gyms, hospitality and other venues to help stop the spread. 
• If someone in your household tests positive for Covid-19, or you are returning from abroad, it's important to self-isolate. Review the practical advice to help you stay at home safely. People who are self-isolating could be eligible for up to £500 if they are unable to work, with a government funded scheme set to run until the end of June.

Travel updates 🚦

Western Power Distribution roadworks ⚠️

Western Power Distribution are undertaking urgent works on Birmingham Road in Dudley opposite Tesco. A lane closure is in place, reducing traffic flow to a single lane between Burnt Tree Island and Birmingham New Road. Work is scheduled to run until 12 July.

M6 J10 closure postponed  ⚠️ 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the M6 J10 closure that was scheduled 2 - 5 July has now been postponed. 

Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension ⚠️ 

From 28 June a short stretch of Waterfront Way, between the Level Street Island and the Brierley Hill Hop House junctions, will be closed for up to seven days.