This may include adverts from us and 3 rd parties based on our understanding. Covid Plan B would involve many compulsory Covid steps including vaccine passports, protective face maks and advice to work from home. Health experts claim these measures are needed now to save the NHS and protect lives, but the Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the nation Plan B measures are not needed at this time However, some methods included in the Government s Covid Winter Plan B will be rolled out shortly - but which areas will see these new restrictions?
Just hours after Mr Javid s insistence Plan B would not be enacted now, reports emerged some Plan B measures will be rolled out in parts of England. In total, 19 local authorities will receive extra support from the Government to deal with higher rates of Covid transmissions - a measure outlined in the Plan B protocol. The so-called Enduring Transmission Area ETA support will be rolled out in areas that have struggled with rising and continued high rates of Covid infection. The affected areas will see the Government offer support for additional testing capacity, vaccine programme support and assistance to maintain public health staffing. Residents in darkness for 6 months after flats are wrapped in plastic, READ MORE:
The areas likely to see this support include Leicester, Bolton, Luton, Blackburn and Darwen, Bradford, Rochdale, Slough, Bristol, Peterborough, Oldham, Kirklees, Preston, Hartlepool, Tameside, Middlesbrough, Burnley, Manchester and Hyndburn. Leicester, Bolton, Darwen and Blackburn are poised to receive this Plan B ETA assistance in a matter of days. However, stricter measures including mandatory face coverings, social distancing, working from home and working from home are not going to be introduced at the moment. The remaining 15 areas listed above are understood to be under review and could receive ETA funding from next month according to Sky News. The additional Covid funding will be given to the four key local authorities and its effectiveness evaluated before it is rolled out to the additional 15 places according to the i.
Boris considers banning households mixing in strict 'Plan C' INSIGHT What is Covid plan B? PM urged to take next step ahead of looming 'win EXPLAINER Peston skewers Drakeford over Wales Covid rules 'Not very effective! VIDEO Gibraltar row: Spain warns it's'ready for plan B' in the UK but many health experts claim the ETA funding is not going far enough to curb rising rates of the virus. Doctors today accused the Government of being willfully negligent by refusing to enforce its Plan B strategy in the face of rising Covid infections. Health Secretary Sajid Javid yesterday confirmed Plan B measures, including mandatory face coverings in some public settings and encouraging working from home, would not be introduced in England. The announcement caused concern among the health community with the British Medical Association warning Plan B needs to be activated now or the NHS could be put under intense pressure. BMA council chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul said: By the health secretary's own admission we could soon see 100,000 cases a day, and we now have the same number of weekly COVID deaths as we had during March when the country was in lockdown. It is therefore incredibly concerning that he is not willing to take immediate action to protect lives and save the NHS.