|
 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.
|
Lateral flow testing sites
Regular testing helps slow the spread of Covid-19 and keeps friends and family safe.
If you're going out and seeing people take a rapid lateral flow test before you go. Test kits and supervised testing are available:
Friday 31 December:
- Newdigate Street Car Park, Newdigate, Kimberly, NG16 2NJ. 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Ikea (outside Boots), Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottingham, NG16 2RP. 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Market Square, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NG17 1BG. 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Mansfield Town Football Club, Quarry Lane, Mansfield, NG18 5D. 8am – 4pm
- Retford Town Hall, The Square, Retford, DN22 6DE. 8am - 4pm
Sunday 2 and Monday 3 January
- Ikea (outside Boots), Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottingham, NG16 2RP. 9:30am – 3:30pm
Parents and guardians are being asked to make sure their children at secondary school and college take a lateral flow test before the new term starts.
Regular testing helps to keep the spread of Covid-19 under control by identifying cases and limiting the spread of the virus.
|
There are a number of places across the County delivering Covid-19 vaccinations over the New Year Bank Holiday weekend.
Mansfield Vaccination Centre:
- 31st Dec 8am-2pm
- 2nd Jan 8am-8pm
- 3rd Jan 8am-8pm
Forest Recreational Ground:
- 31st Dec 8am-4pm
- 2nd Jan 8am-8pm
- 3rd Jan 8am-8pm
Kings Mill, Mansfield:
- 31st Dec 8am-2pm
- 2nd Jan 8am-2pm
- 3rd Jan 8am-2pm
|
If you have symptoms of Covid-19 or have a positive lateral flow test you should book a PCR test.
The PCR testing sites are open:
- Friday 31 December 8am - 6pm
- Saturday 1 January 10am – 2pm
- Sunday 2 January 8am - 6pm
Remember to self-isolate and only leave home to get a test.
|
Let’s welcome 2022 safely. If you have friends and family over make sure you let plenty of fresh air into your home, ventilation helps disperse Covid-19 particles.
Make sure to wash hands regularly to stop germs from spreading. Take a lateral flow test before meeting up with friends and family to celebrate.
|
The Government is working on additional regulations which will require all staff working as regulated care providers to be fully vaccinated by 1 April 2022. The regulations were laid in Parliament on 9 November 2021 and are expected to come into force on the 1 April 2022.
If the regulations are approved, workers in this sector who are not vaccinated will need to have had their first dose of an approved Covid-19 vaccine by 3 February 2022 (this date is subject to change), in order to have received their second dose by the 31 March 2022 deadline.
Timeline (subject to passage through Parliament)
- 9 November 2021: Regulations were laid before Parliament
- 17 November 2021: Planning and preparation
- 6 January 2022: 12-week grace period begins
- 3 February 2022: Last date for workers to get their first dose, to be fully vaccinated by 1 April 2022
- 1 April 2022: New regulations come into force.
The timing of the regulations going through Parliament may mean that there could be a change to the dates in the timeline. If you work in the regulated care sector and have any questions, please speak to your employer.
|
The table highlights Covid-19 rates per 100,000 population in each district and borough between 18 - 24 December compared to the previous seven days.
This data is sourced from the UKHSA's national dataset.
|
|
