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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 🍃

🚌 Time to grab your jab!

Anyone aged 18 and over can get a jab this week from the COVID Vaccine Van or from a local clinic! No appointment is necessary and you don’t need to be registered with a GP. Pfizer vaccines will be offered at all locations.

Alternatively you can book an appointment.

Getting double jabbed is the most important thing we can do to stop the spread of the virus and protect our friends and loved ones.

Don’t delay! Here are some of the locations you can visit to get vaccinated: 

Pensnett Trading Estate, car park at Building 5, First Avenue, DY6 7NA
• Friday 9 July - 9am to 4pm

Somers Square, Halesowen town centre, B63 3AU
• Saturday 10 July – 9am to 5pm

Meadow Road Youth Centre, Meadow Road, Dudley, DY1 3JY
• Sunday 11 July – 11am to 5pm
• Monday 12 July – 10am to 6pm

St. Francis's Church, Laurel Road, Dudley, DY1 3EZ
• Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 8.30am to 5.30pm 

👉 For details of all locations and where you can walk in and also book an appointment, visit the NHS Black Country and West Birmingham CCG website.

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, 2pm - 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

Guidance for schools

With current cases of COVID-19 rising rapidly in the borough; doubling weekly, schools have been asked by the local authority to keep all measures in place until the end of term, on 21 July.

Following current guidance the need for isolation (including in schools) when advised still remains, this will not change until the 16 August 2021.

📣 New coronavirus test site in Lower Gornal

Following community feedback, a new coronavirus test site will open in Lower Gornal to boost testing capacity in the north of the borough as cases continue to rise. The site will be open from 9am on Friday 9 July.

👉 Read full story

💉 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.

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! 💉

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
• 📲 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.