Coronavirus Media Briefing 13th November 2020 #GuernseyTogether Gov.gg/coronavirus
COVID-19 New cases in the Negative Positive Awaiting Results Bailiwick 21,831 282 79 Since we started Phase 5c on Wednesday 28th October we have detected 14 cases through our border testing policy, or through contact tracing We have had 30 cases since September 2020 11 of these were from the cluster
Priority Cohort group COVID-19 Older adults resident in a care home Provisional 1 and those working with older adults Vaccine 2a All those 80 years of age and over Priority 2b Health and social care workers Group 3 All those 75 years of age and over 4 All those 70 years of age and over All those 65 years of age and over 5 6a High and moderate risk age and groups to be confirmed 6b 7 All those 60 years of age and over 8 All those 55 years of age and over All those 50 years of age and over 9 Rest of the population 10 (priority to be determined)
COVID-19 Primary Care Vaccine Delivery Secondary Specialist Care Nurses Collaborative Programme Vaccination Occupational Centre(s) Health
Symptomatic COVID-19 people Bailiwick Compassionate Contacts of Cases Testing Strategy: Current Pre-surgery Travellers Hospital Pregnant admissions women Critical workers
COVID-19 Bailiwick Enhanced surveillance testing could and should be used to Expanded mitigate this risk with the dual aims of: Testing • Detecting more infections in travellers before they can Strategy: be spread to the community; and What do we • A chieving early detection of any escaped cases/clusters, want to achieve? which can be targeted with the test/trace/isolate processes to interrupt any ongoing transmission and snuff out outbreaks before they lead to widespread community transmission.
COVID-19 Vulnerable Groups Know Prepare Protect Use accurate and Have enough Wash your hands, up to date groceries avoid people who information, medication, etc. are unwell know the keep physically outside of your symptoms and active and activate home, consider what to do if you your social network social distancing feel unwell and enhanced hygiene
COVID-19 Masks / COVID-19 transmission Face covering guidance Face coverings No change from present guidance: No community transmission while there is no evidence of virus - sporadic imported cases only circulating in the community, use of face coverings is a personal decision First confirmed case of community Face coverings remain optional and transmission that is controlled by track are a personal decision and trace measures Virus is circulating in the community Use of face coverings in enclosed (two of more community cases with crowded places and on public no causal links identified) transport is recommended Strongly recommend use of face Sustained spread of virus in the community coverings as above Sustained local transmission, multiple Strongly recommend use of face transmission chain from unrelated cases, coverings as above rapid doubling time in number of cases
No change from present guidance: circulating in the community, use of face coverings is a personal decision First confirmed case of community Face coverings remain optional and transmission that is controlled by track Virus is circulating in the community Use of face coverings in enclosed no causal links identified) Strongly recommend use of face coverings as above Strongly recommend use of face coverings as above rapid doubling time in number of cases The Swiss Cheese Defence COVID-19 No single intervention is perfect at preventing spread Winter Ventilation, outdoors and cough etiquette Preparedness testing and tracing Fast and sensitive and self-isolation Physical distance stay home if sick Avoid touching limit your time Hand hygiene Government Quarantine air filtration If crowded, Wearing a messaging facemask your face Vaccines Personal Responsibilities Shared Responsibilities Each intervention (layer) has imperfections (holes) but multiple layers improve success
We want to welcome our returning students. COVID-19 I personally want to thank those who have already Students returned for sticking to the rules and behaving responsibly. I know that I have spoken to many of you and I have been really impressed with the care you have taken. You too, are a shining example of #GuernseyTogether I know self-isolation may be difficult and that most of you will have had a very difficult first term of this academic year. We are here to help and support. Please do contact us if you have any concerns. There are also resources available at gov.gg/coronavirus
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