Helping keep communities safe
This newsletter is to help keep you updated with latest information about Covid-19 so you can share with your organisations and communities. Thank you for all your support, we appreciate everything you're doing to help keep communities in Sheffield safe.
Latest updates from Greg Fell, Sheffield's Director of Public Health
The latest films from Greg are now available on You Tube. There is a local update film (16.11.20), one about vaccines and another where Greg talks about things that may happen over the coming months.
Watch the local update by clicking the image below, or find the others along with all our Public Health films on Greg's YouTube playlist.
Upperthorpe testing centre materials
We've added materials about the Upperthorpe testing centre onto www.sheffield.gov.uk/coronaviruscommunityresources for you to download, share or print. There are A5 postcards in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Kurdish, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu.
National lockdown materials
England is in lockdown until Wednesday 2nd December. Information on the rules and restrictions can be found at www.sheffield.gov.uk/rulesandrestrictions or www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november.
We've added the National Lockdown grid A4 poster below to www.sheffield.gov.uk/coronaviruscommunityresources for you to download, share or print. It is available in various languages including Arabic, English, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi Indian, Punjabi Pakistani, Slovak, Somali and Urdu. We've also added a large text version in English and BSL film to our BSL You Tube page.
 We also have other restrictions images for you to share in 12 languages - all available at: www.sheffield.gov.uk/coronaviruscommunityresources - please share and link it back to www.sheffield.gov.uk/rulesandrestrictions
Mobile testing unit moved to Hillsborough
The Sheffield Mobile Testing Unit has moved from Broomhall to Parkside Road Car Park in Hillsborough. The site is open now until Monday 7th December, access is pedestrian and drive-through and opening hours are 11am - 3pm, 7 days a week.
Information on all of Sheffield's local testing centres is available at: sheffield.gov.uk/home/your-city-council/coronavirus-hub/coronavirus-testing
Local test centres are located at:
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Sharrow
- Darnall
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Burngreave
- Upperthorpe
- Meadowhall Shopping Centre (Drive-Through)
Please do not arrive at any testing sites unless you have booked an appointment. Only book a test if you have symptoms of Covid-19. If you have symptoms you must self isolate at home and only leave home to get a test. All appointments need to be booked at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ or via calling 119, no drop-ins available.
Community resources
We update www.sheffield.gov.uk/coronaviruscommunityresources regularly, everything here is free to use and materials are in a variety of languages and formats including images to download and print and social media images to upload. Please share these materials in your communities to help keep people in Sheffield safe.
If there is a format or information you can't find, please email us at communications@sheffield.gov.uk and we'll try to help.
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