Covid 19 Outbreaks - County Durham

Timeline of Covid Restrictions up until December 2021 for those who want to see how far we have come. Tap the image and pinch to zoom (if on mobile) to see it.

The Covid-19 Durham Facebook is now closing! We would like to thank each and everyone one of you, almost 15,000 followers for choosing our page to keep up to date on Covid-19 in County Durham.

Our page has achieved it’s goal and across its lifetime has reached 500,000 people (the equivalent of County Durham Population).

Now that Covid-19 is in general circulation, we have minimal restrictions on our day to day lives, and routine testing and outbreak reporting has all but ceased, we no longer see the need for a dedicated Covid-19 page.

We hope this is goodbye for the last time, but if there is another outbreak of covid-19 or lockdown restrictions, we remain ready to resume reporting at anytime.

Thanks once again for your support over the past 2 years.

COVID vaccines now available for five to 11-year olds in England
The vaccine will be administrated in 2 dosages similarly to the adult one, but will be 1/3 of the dosage.

The jabs - already widely used in other countries - can be booked online and will be available from hundreds of sites from Monday.

🌍✈️ IMPORTANT TRAVEL UPDATE ✈️🌍

ℹ️ All COVID-19 entry requirements for the UK to be removed

ℹ️From 4am on Friday 18 March, you will no longer have to:

❌ Take a test
❌ Complete a Passenger Locator Form

However - you should still check the entry requirements for your destination abroad! 👇

Foreign travel advice - GOV.UK Get advice about travelling abroad, including the latest information on coronavirus, safety and security, entry requirements and travel warnings.

UPDATE: COVID-19 Test & Trace

From April 1st, universal free tests for COVID-19 will end and contact tracing will cease for those in close contact with someone that’s infected.

From Thursday, the legal requirement to self-isolate after a positive Covid test will be removed in England, Boris Johnson announces. Self-isolation payments will also end from this date.

Yes, this seems to imply care workers and NHS staff should go into work whilst infected, as there will be no self isolation payment.

💉 SECOND BOOSTER 💉

Over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s in the UK will be offered a fourth COVID-19 vaccine this spring.

BREAKING NEWS

People in England will no longer have to self-isolate after testing positive for coronavirus by the end of next week, Downing Street has said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce the decision on Monday, which also applies to close contacts, as he moves to scrap all remaining COVID-19 restrictions.

When he unveils his "living with COVID" plan, he is expected to tell MPs that the vaccine programme, testing and new treatments will be enough to keep the public safe.

All children aged 5-11 in UK will be offered coronavirus vaccine

Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed that the UK government's vaccine advisory body - the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) - had advised the jab rollout be expanded to ensure everyone in that cohort is eligible for the jab and that ministers have taken on board this recommendation.

He added that the NHS in England will "prepare to extend this non-urgent offer to all children during April".

From TODAY (11 February) eligible fully vaccinated travellers and under 18s will no longer need to test on arrival to the UK ✈️🌏

Travellers not fully vaccinated 💉 will need proof of a negative pre-departure test and a PCR arrival test

Find out more at 👉

Travel abroad: step by step - GOV.UK Check what you need to do to travel internationally.

International travel is being made easier ✈️🌏

📆 From 11 February, there will be a simplified Passenger Locator Form, and removal of testing for eligible fully vaccinated arrivals to the UK

Find out more at 👉 www.gov.uk/travel-abroad