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24 November 2021
Remember the essentials

Protect the Island

COVID-19 hasn't gone away. Rates of COVID-19 are currently highest in younger school age children ages 5 to 14. Please take care and protect yourself and others.

Help stop the spread of COVID-19 and other illness by remembering:

  • Wash your hands regularly with soap and water
  • Wear a mask where appropriate, such as in crowded and indoor areas
  • Limit close contact with people you don’t usually live with
  • Meet outdoors where possible and let fresh air into homes or other enclosed spaces

How to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Protect your team

 

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.

Read more COVID-19 business advice

 

COVID booster eligibility

 

COVID-19 vaccination update

Walk-in:

Pfizer and Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine walk-in clinics are available on the Island for anyone aged 16 or over for their first or second dose.

Please visit the Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG’s website for the latest available walk-in dates and locations as it changes rapidly.

Book online or call 119:

Anyone aged 12 or over can book their COVID-19 vaccine online via the NHS website or by calling 119 for their first or second dose or booster vaccination.

Please visit the Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG’s website for the latest information on the COVID-19 vaccine as the situation changes quickly.

If you’re only offered a mainland appointment, please wait and try again. New appointments are released daily and availability changes rapidly.

Find out more about how to get vaccinated on the Island

 

Should your child go to school?

 

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.

See the guidance for parents and carers

 

Keep testing

 

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.

Find out how to get a LFT test on the Island

 

COVID stats 23 Nov

 

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.

Read the full COVID-19 report