DS Risk Warning: Health - Cornavirus/Covid 19

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Wed, 26 Feb, 20

Hello all,

Looking at how things are progressing and supporting you with your many enquiries can we suggest, if you haven't done so already, a communication to your community and staff?

The content would be to reassure that you are following the national and local advice. You could then copy and paste the advice from yesterday that includes the list of Category 1 and Category 2 locations and the list of Italian lock down villages.

If you can you can go on to say nobody has returned from lock down areas anywhere in the world. Some have returned from areas where the advice is clear on being vigilant in case symptoms appear. If that were to be the case they will then follow the self isolate advice, etc.

it would be sensible to recognise that the situation is very dynamic and could already be changing as you send your communication. You will update them on your position if anything material changes, but they can also keep up to date by accessing the national advice for example at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-specified-countries-and-areas

Hope that helps.

If any cases with a link to you are confirmed we will have to see what PHE action is suggested and think carefully about what may be said then.

Bill

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