Covid - Mar 8th

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Summary of Covid Rules from March 8th

At the time of going to press the national lockdown rules apply - see National lockdown: Stay at Home (see Current Rules below) -

and the current guidance is that published February 2nd - see How to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)

As and when the rules or guidance change this webpage will be updated.

Leaflets and cards with summaries of the roadmap are available at the Post Office in Longhorsley Village Hall and Millar's village shop.

See the A4 version of the summary card here.

The Covid Roadmap has been published - see the full detail in the 68 page ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’

The Gov.UK guidance Reopening businesses and venues gives lists of businesses and venues and more detail.

Links to the appropriate section have been added to each section.

See

Gov.UK press release Prime Minister sets out roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions

Gov.UK Guidance COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021 (Summary)

NCC news item Leaders welcome cautious approach to easing lockdown

Summary Chart

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Covid Roadmap

Step 1 March 8th Summary

• • All children and students will return to face to face education in schools and colleges

  • (Secondary school children have to wear face coverings in class - to be reviewed at Easter)

  • Some university students on practical courses will be able to return to face to face learning

  • (Other courses to be reviewed at Easter)

  • Wraparound childcare and other supervised children’s activities can resume where they enable parents to work, seek work, attend education, seek medical care or attend a support group

  • Care home residents will be allowed one regular visitor provided they are tested and wear PPE

  • The Stay at Home requirement will remain, but people can leave home for recreation outdoors such as a coffee or picnic with their household or support bubble, or with one person outside their household

Added March 10th: The Guidance National lockdown: Stay at Home (last updated March 8th) stipulates that if you meet with one person outside your household this must be in a public outdoor space. See Covid Rules below.

See more detail here

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Care Home Visits

Care home residents will be able to be visited indoors by a single, named individual from 8 March.

Visitors to be allowed to hold hands, with tests required before entry and PPE to be worn on site.

Visiting will be suspended during local outbreaks in individual homes.

For more details see the Summary of guidance for visitors

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Step 1 March 29th Summary

• • Outdoor gatherings of either 6 people or 2 households will be allowed, including private gardens.

• Outdoor sports facilities will reopen including tennis and basketball courts

  • Formally organised outdoor sports can restart.

  • Parents and children groups can return, but are capped at 15 and must be outdoors.

  • Indoor groups can take place for vulnerable children and where parents need the group for specific reasons such as work.

  • Stay at Home rule will end but people should stay local as much as possible.

See lists and more detail here

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Step 2 Summary (earliest April 12th)

• • All shops allowed to open

  • Outdoor hospitality, including alcohol

  • Gyms and spas can reopen for individuals and households

  • Personal care such as hairdressers and beauty salons can reopen

  • UK domestic holidays away from home permitted, with self-contained accommodation (household only)

  • Children allowed to attend indoor play activities, with up to 15 parents or guardians allowed to join them

  • Most outdoor attractions can reopen

  • Libraries and community centres can reopen

  • Weddings attended by up to 15 people can take place

See lists and more detail here

That detail includes "In all the venues above, indoor events that bring people together - even if they do not mix with other households - must not run until Step 3."

From April, there will be pilots for large events.

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Step 3 Summary (earliest May 17th)

• Outdoor gatherings of 30 people will be allowed

  • Indoor gatherings of either 6 people or 2 households will be allowed

  • Indoor hospitality, including alcohol

  • Up to 30 people can meet to celebrate significant life events such as weddings and christenings

• No limit on mourners at funerals (see May 3rd press release)

  • Remaining outdoor entertainment can reopen

  • Indoor entertainment such as museums, theatres, cinemas and children's play areas can reopen

  • Adult indoor group sports and exercise classes can start up again

  • Large events can restart subject to limits

  • Hotels, hostels and B&Bs can reopen

• International leisure travel to Green List countries - demonstrate your vaccination status with the NHS App (see May 7th news story)

• Remaining university students to return to campus (see April 13th press release)

See lists and more detail here

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Step 4 Summary (earliest June 21st)

• • No legal limits on social contact (subject to review)

  • No legal limits on significant life events (subject to review)

  • Remaining businesses such as nightclubs will be allowed to reopen (subject to review)

See lists and more detail here

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Covid Rules

Gov.UK Guidance National lockdown: Stay at Home was updated on March 22nd with a new section - How the rules will change on 29 March.

The government has published the ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’ (full detail) setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England.

This explains how the restrictions included in this guidance will be lifted over time.

England is still in a national lockdown.

You must stay at home, leaving only where permitted by law, and follow the rules in this guidance.

From 8 March, the legally permitted reasons to leave home include to:

• exercise, or for outdoor recreation in a public outdoor space - this can be on your own, with your household or support bubble or with one other person (in which case you should stay 2m apart. You should minimise the amount of time spent outside your home, and you should not travel outside your local area.

• attend school or further education