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Last updated: Friday, 23 October, 2020, 15:59
- Cases are continuing to rise at a worrying rate
- Northamptonshire is likely to remain in tier one on the Goverment’s alert levels
- Updates are expected on patient numbers in the county’s two acute hospitals
- Advice for parents on half-term and Hallowe’en
Lucy Wightman re-iterates need to reduce risk of transmission and that following recommendations now may well avoid need to move into Tier Two where they will become legally enforceable
In response to another question about moving into Tier Two, Cllr Nunn says: We have to be careful not to knee jerk. Chopping and changing tiers is not the answer.
Ellie Baird from Northants Police says overall figures are issued nationally but there has been an increase in levels of enforcement and issuing fixed penalty notices for breaching the rule of six, not self-isolating and not having face masks where they should be worn
Paul Andrews of Northamptonshire County Council education cell says six schools are closed because head teacher or governers because they don’t have staff to open safely which is not the same thing as high number of cases. He also points out 91 per cent of children are still attending school
Carly Roberts, from the Chronicle & Echo asks: how many schools have shut prior to the half-term break.
Increase in number of cases at University are in proportion to rise in numbers elsewhere and are mostly linked to social settings rather than education environment
Becky Bradshaw from UoN says there are 27 cases in University community up to the end of last week. Ten of those are in student accomodation — out of 2,500 students in halls of residents