COVID-19: Latest updates
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Check our website for the latest COVID-19 information and advice and information on Elmbridge services.
 Don't bend the rules
Please minimise time outside your home, don't travel outside your local area and maintain social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
If you do leave home for a permitted reason, you should always stay local - unless it is necessary to go further, for example to go to work. Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.
Full details on the national lockdown are available at GOV.UK.
You can also find the latest COVID-19 data and statistics on our website.
 Vaccination update
The Surrey vaccination programme scaled up considerably this week, which means significantly more people can be vaccinated - people aged over 70, health and care workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable.
When it’s your turn to be vaccinated you will either receive a letter from NHS England or you will be contacted by your GP Network. Please do not contact your GP practice or the wider NHS to seek a vaccine, the NHS or your GP will contact you (if you haven’t heard yet, they haven’t forgotten you).
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If you are contacted by NHS England, you will be asked to make an appointment at a larger vaccination centre which is located up to 45 minutes from your home. For Elmbridge, this could be Epsom Racecourse.
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If you are contacted by your GP Network, you will be invited to a smaller vaccination centre, which for Elmbridge could be The Heart Centre Walton-on-Thames, Chertsey Hall or Emberbrook Surgery in Thames Ditton - depending on your location.
All vaccination sites will keep you safe from COVID-19 through a range of measures including cleaning, disinfecting and socially distanced waiting areas. When you are contacted please attend your booked appointment wearing a face covering.
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 You are not alone - ask for ANI
Household isolation instructions can cause anxiety for those who are experiencing or feel at risk of domestic abuse. If you need to leave your home to escape domestic abuse then the coronavirus household isolation instructions do not apply.
The Home Office has launched a new ‘Abuse Codeword Scheme’ which provides a simple and discreet way for anyone experiencing domestic abuse to signal that they need immediate help. By using the codeword ‘ANI’ in any participating pharmacy, a trained pharmacy worker will offer you a private space, provide a phone and ask if you need the police or other support services. ‘ANI’ stands for Action Needed Immediately but also phonetically sounds like the name Annie. If a pharmacy has the ‘Ask for ANI’ logo on display, it means they’re ready to help.
Further information on domestic abuse is available.
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