 Southampton will be moving to Tier 4 COVID-19 restrictions from one minute past midnight on Boxing Day, Saturday 26 December.
Tier 4 restrictions and guidance must be followed from then to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Read our full response on our website
Advice for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People
If you are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable you should stay at home as much as possible, except to go outdoors for exercise or to attend health appointments.
- You can meet up with one other person from outside your household or support bubble, for example, to exercise in an outdoor public place.
- Work from home if you can. If you cannot work from home, then you should not attend work for this period of restrictions
- Avoid all non-essential travel by private or public transport, this includes not travelling to work, school or the shops.
- Try to keep all contact with others to a minimum and avoid busy areas. Whenever you go out continue to maintain strict social distancing, wash your hands regularly and avoid touching your face.
If you need our help, please call our COVID-19 helpline 023 8083 4800 or complete our online form. The helpline is open Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm. It will be closed on the Bank Holidays and New Year’s Day then open as usual from Monday 4 January 2021.
Read the full guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable set out by national government.
Changes to council services
The new Tier restrictions will mean that in Southampton the following places and services will close:
- Sea City Museum and Southampton Art Gallery (Tudor House will remain closed)
- Indoor Leisure and Sports Facilities
- Gateway at One Guildhall Square
- Community Rooms in Housing Complexes
- Libraries will be closed until 4 Jan and then offering limited services.
We will be doing everything we can to ensure essential services are maintained over the coming weeks and months. We will continue to prioritise, as we have always done, the safety of the most vulnerable people in our community.
- The Household Waste and Recycling Centre at Millbrook will remain open with the COVID safety measures already in place. The ‘Re-use’ shop will close as non-essential retail.
- Weddings, civil partnerships and funerals – new guidance applies.
- Outdoor public spaces and play areas will remain open.
- Public MOT bookings will still be available at City Depot.
Visit our Coronavirus update web pages for all of the latest service information.
Support for businesses
Following yesterday’s announcement that Southampton will be moving to the Tier 4 ‘Stay at Home’ Covid-19 alert level on 26 December, government assistance is available for affected businesses.
Our Coronavirus business information web pages have information about the cash grants that will be available.
Businesses that are already on a 28 day payment cycle will automatically transition to a 14 day payment cycle. Business who have yet to apply should do so via our website.
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