Are you running a business on the Island?
Here are some tips about how to protect your business and staff from a COVID-19 outbreak.
Please contact our team on covidregs@iow.gov.uk if you need more help to keep your staff and workplace safe.
Is your child feeling under the weather?
Healthier Together and nhs.uk have put together some handy guidance for parents and carers. It includes what to do in response to a wide range of symptoms and illnesses and when to send them to school or not.
Keep testing to protect each other, even if you don't have symptoms
Not everyone who has COVID-19 has symptoms. Taking a rapid lateral flow test (LFT) regularly will help identify if you have COVID-19, even if you don’t have symptoms.
You can get rapid response tests by:
If you get a positive result or start to develop COVID-19 symptoms, self-isolate and book a PCR test.
Latest Island COVID-19 and vaccine statistics
These are the latest published vaccination and COVID-19 stats for the Isle of Wight, from NHS England and UK Health Security Agency, respectively. Read the full report.
The COVID-19 statistics for the Isle of Wight, published by UK Health Security Agency on 22 November 2021 at 4pm including data up to 21 November 2021.
The vaccination statistics for the Isle of Wight, published by NHS England on 18 November 2021 including data up to 14 November 2021.
The graphic shows:
- 111,163 - The number of Island residents who have received their first dose of the vaccine.
- 102,889 - The number of Island residents who have received their second dose of the vaccine.
- 17,327 - The number of confirmed cases to date of Island residents who have received a positive COVID-19 test result since March 2020. This is based on the residential address of the person tested rather than where they are registered with a GP.
- 733 - The number of positive cases in the seven-day period.
- 515.1 - Weekly cases per 100,000. This is the number of Island residents who have received a positive COVID-19 test result in the seven-day period, divided by the total population of the Island.
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