13 April 2021
Step 2 of the roadmap has started.
Please remember the golden rules to keep the Island safe:
- Stay 2m apart from those outside of your household, including those you choose to meet in the rule of 6, outdoors;
- Wear a face covering indoors or where social distancing is difficult;
- Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently;
- Book your COVID-19 vaccination when you are invited to by the NHS;
- Get regular COVID-19 rapid response tests to reduce the risk of passing it on and feeding the chains of transmission.
What’s allowed under step 2?
- Schools and colleges are open for all students;
- Outdoor gatherings (including in private gardens) of either 6 people or 2 households;
- All retail;
- Personal care;
- Libraries and community centres;
- Most outdoor attractions;
- Indoor leisure, including gyms (individual or household use only);
- Self-contained accommodation (household only);
- All children’s activities;
- Outdoor hospitality;
- Indoor parent and child groups (max 15 people, excluding under 5s);
- Domestic overnight stays (household only);
- Care home residents can have a single, regular visitor;
- Funerals can take place with up to 30 people and wakes can take place with up to 15 people;
- Weddings and receptions can take place with up to 15 people;
- Event pilots.
What’s not allowed:
- Mixing indoors with other households;
- International holidays.
Read more about the roadmap out of lockdown on the government website.
Our libraries were pleased to open yesterday (Monday 12 April). Please note there are slightly reduced opening hours and a few changes have been made to make sure that library visiting is as COVID-safe as possible for everyone.
Books borrowed before this latest lockdown have all had their due-back date extended until 1 May.
What’s different?
- The layout of the libraries has changed to allow safer access to books and computers and make sure that social distancing is still possible;
- A limit to the number of customers allowed in each library at any time. This is different for each library according to the size and layout of the building.
If you plan to visit, you will need to:
- Book public computers in advance. Wi-fi will be available for library users to browse the internet on their own devices in the libraries;
- Provide NHS Test and Trace contact information;
- Wear a face covering;
- Use hand sanitiser as you enter the building, using the wall-mounted dispensers provided;
- Limit your time in the library to 15 minutes for ‘Grab and Go’ book borrowing or 30-minutes for pre-booked computer or wi-fi use.
Each step back to the full 1Leisure service is outlined below (subject to change in accordance with COVID-19 guidance):
12 April – Indoor leisure:
- Tone Zone Gym will reopen for new and existing members;
- Swimming pools will reopen;
- Indoor sports can return in affiliated clubs.
17 May – Organised indoor sport:
- A revised, COVID-safe class programme will return;
- Indoor sports and squash will reopen;
- Revised, COVID-safe swimming lessons will return on Saturdays only.
21 June – No legal limits:
- Health suite will reopen;
- Silver and gold one cards will restart;
- Vending area and shop will reopen;
- All changing rooms and showers will reopen;
- Full fitness class will return.
Anyone aged 16 and over can collect free COVID-19 home testing kits from our sites across the Island as well as from local pharmacies.
As restrictions ease and we’re out and about more, get tested to keep yourself, your friends, family, colleagues and customers safe. Tests are easy to take and you get the result in 30 minutes.
Pick up your test kits and start testing to help keep the Island safe.
Please keep an eye on our Keep The Island Safe website – it’s where we’ll post the latest information about test sites and kits.
If you need to take time off work because your child is required to self-isolate, you may be eligible for the Test and Trace Support Payment (TTSP) scheme.
TTSP has been extended to parents and guardians who are not legally required to self-isolate but need to take time off work to look after a child or young person who is self-isolating.
You should submit your claim within 42 days of the first date of self-isolation.
Get eligibility details and apply online here.
These are the latest published vaccination and COVID-19 stats for the Isle of Wight, from NHS England and Public Health England, respectively.
Cases are expected to fluctuate as we come out of lockdown and the government’s programme of rapid response testing for people without symptoms is rolled out.
You can read the full report here: https://www.iow.gov.uk/covid19_data
The COVID-19 statistics for the Isle of Wight, published by Public Health England on 12 April 2021 at 4pm including data up to 11 April 2021.
The vaccination statistics for the Isle of Wight, published by NHS England on 8 April 2021 including data up to 4 April 2021.
The graphic shows:
- 87,850 – The number of island residents who have received at least one dose of the vaccine
- 6,760 – The number of confirmed cases to date of Island residents who have received a positive COVID-19 test result since March 2020. This is based on the residential address of the person tested rather than where they are registered with a GP.
- 27 – The number of positive cases in the seven-day period.
- 19 – Weekly cases per 100,000. This is the number of Island residents who have received a positive COVID-19 test result in the seven-day period, divided by the total population of the Island.
It is vital we all continue to follow the government guidelines as lockdown eases: hands, face, space.
- Wash your hands often and for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser regularly.
- Wear a face-covering where appropriate.
- Keep space from other people; two metres or at least one metre apart.
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