Help to keep communities safe
This newsletter is to help keep you updated with the latest information about Covid-19 so you can share with your organisations and communities. Thank you for your support, we appreciate everything you're doing to help keep communities in Sheffield safe.
Community Covid Bus
The Community Covid Bus continues to travel all over Sheffield being a helpful one stop shop for all things Covid-19. Over the next couple of weeks, the bus will be at:
- 08/09 10am-4pm Tesco, Upperthorpe
- 09/09 10am-4pm Weston Park
- 12/09 10am-4pm Fargate
#CommunityCovidBus
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We've been supporting schools to welcome children and staff back into the classroom safely. In line with Government guidance, face to face learning has returned in schools and education settings. School attendance is mandatory for all pupils of compulsory school age and it's a priority to ensure that as many children as possible regularly attend school. This is especially important as many pupils have lost valuable learning over the last 18 months.
While school and education settings are largely back to normal, testing remains hugely important in helping to reduce transmission of the virus. All secondary school pupils should receive two on-site lateral flow device (LFD) tests, 3 to 5 days apart on their return to school. They should then continue to test twice a week at home.
Find out more here: www.sheffield.gov.uk/backtoschoolsafely
Greg Fell, Sheffield's Director of Public Health is back and gives this week's update from 6 September - watch it here on YouTube
This update gives the latest situation report for Sheffield and a vaccination update.
You can watch all of the videos on Greg's YouTube playlist.
Updates are also available with British Sign Language - these and other BSL films are on our BSL YouTube playlist.
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Self isolation
A new self-isolation information page is now live on the SCC Coronavirus Hub detailing the new rules changes, practical and financial support and what to expect when you’re contacted by NHS Test & Trace. Find it on our Coronavirus Hub or click the button below...
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Vaccine clinics
Everyone aged 16 and over is now eligible for the vaccine. Anyone who has not yet had a Covid-19 vaccination and would like to, please book on-line here or call 119 to book a convenient date.
You need to be registered with a GP to book on-line, but this is not required for local walk-in clinics.
Grab a jab this week at these walk-in clinics:
- Wednesday 8 September, 12 - 4pm, Mobile Vaccination Clinic, Zest Centre car park, 18 Upperthorpe, Sheffield, S6 3NA
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Friday 10 September, 3 - 7pm & Saturday 11 September, 11am-3pm, Mobile Vaccination Clinic at Tesco car park, 50 Montgomery Terrace Road, Sheffield, S6 3BU
Both clinic's are offering Pfizer 1st and 2nd doses, no ID or registration needed, anyone aged 16+ can attend.
#VaccinateSheffield
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Vaccination information
Vaccinations for 16 & 17 year olds
Anyone aged 16 & 17 is now eligible for a vaccination. Young people can still get very poorly with Covid and vaccination is the safest way to protect you and your friends. You can attend any one of our walk in clinics across the city.
Vaccination in pregnant & breastfeeding women
Vaccination in pregnancy against COVID-19 is strongly recommended. More than 200 000 women in the UK and USA have had a COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy with no concerning safety signals. The vaccine is very effective, 98% of women admitted to hospital and getting severe infection have not had the vaccine. You can have your vaccine at any time in pregnancy, and preference is to offer the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. The rare syndrome of vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT) has been reported after the Oxford-AstraZeneca, there is no evidence that pregnant or postpartum women are at higher risk of VITT.
Breastfeeding women can receive a COVID-19 vaccine without having to stop breastfeeding. There is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility. Women planning a pregnancy or fertility treatment can receive a COVID-19 vaccine and do not need to delay conception. More information from the recent study into the vaccine and pregnancy is here: www.rcog.org.uk/coronavirus-pregnancy
New Mobile Testing Unit (MTU)
A new mobile testing site has opened in the city centre in Milton Street Car Park, Sheffield, S3 7WB. It's open 7 days a week from 9am – 3pm and it's for pedestrian & drive through Coronavirus tests.
Information on how to get a test and details of all Sheffield's local testing centres is available on our How to get a test page, or click the button below...
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Keep checking the Community Resources page to find materials to help keep communities safe - we update it regularly. All are free to use and materials are available 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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