A joint statement issued this morning (12th March 2020) by South Gloucestershire Council and Public Health England has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in South Gloucestershire.
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Council issues guidance for ‘coronavirus’ community support groups
South Gloucestershire Council has issued a range of information and guidance materials to support the increasing number of informal and formal community groups that are springing up in neighbourhoods across the district to help those having to self-isolate.
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Changes to waste collection services due to the coronavirus emergency
South Gloucestershire Council has announced changes to its waste collection service in response to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 (coronavirus) emergency.
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New measures introduced to assist social distancing whilst walking and cycling
The first of a number of new measures planned in communities across South Gloucestershire to help pedestrians and cyclists move around whilst social distancing has been put into place on the A4174 Ring Road in Filton.
The changes are in response to changing transport habits in light of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and they come as lockdown restrictions are being gradually eased.
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Covid-19 community testing unit to open at UWE Frenchay Campus
South Gloucestershire’s first coronavirus community testing facility is set to open on Thursday 1st October at the University of the West of England’s Frenchay Campus. It will provide more capacity for local residents, and also for students at the university.
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Latest update on health and care services in our area
An open letter from local health and care leaders: As a group of local NHS and care organisations working on your behalf, our focus is now to get services back to their pre-pandemic levels ahead of winter. This won’t be easy – coronavirus has changed the way we run services and how many people we can see in person at any one time.
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Covid-19 targeted community testing and local contact tracing to be introduced in South Glos
A pilot programme to test college students who are not showing any symptoms for Covid-19 will begin in South Gloucestershire this week. As part of its measures to help the district move out of the Tier 3 alert level, South Gloucestershire Council is also launching a local contact tracing service.
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Council statement on South Glos remaining at Tier 3 Covid-19 alert level
Statement issued on behalf of Sara Blackmore, director of public health at South Gloucestershire Council following the news that South Gloucestershire is to remain at the Tier 3 (very high) Covid-19 alert level, while the neighbouring area of Bristol will drop down to Tier 2 from Saturday 19th December 2020.
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South Gloucestershire Council statement on latest national lockdown
South Gloucestershire Council says it supports the announcement of England’s latest national lockdown which began today (Tuesday 5th January 2021) and is appealing to residents in the area to make sure they are fully aware of the new rules and ‘Stay home, protect the NHS and save lives’.
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South Glos Council statement on local cases of new Covid-19 mutation
Statement by South Gloucestershire Council’s director of public health on the discovery of local cases of a new Covid-19 variant. This follows an announcement by Matt Hancock, secretary of state for health and social care, that 11 cases of “mutations of concern” have been identified in the Bristol area.
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