Each week TSL receives a copy of Cllr Blake’s update to Councillors and we pull out some of the key messages to share with our members.

 

A reminder of helpful information and contact details:

• background to the Tier system and the overall Winter Plan
• guidance for Tier 3 – Very High Alert
• posters for Alert Levels in different formats so you can use for social media or as a poster
• guidance about Christmas
• local Covid information for businesses
• local Covid information for residents, including the helpline number 0113 3760330
• Information for organisations looking for volunteers and people looking for volunteering opportunities
• To report businesses that are not complying with Covid restrictions please contact epteam@leeds.gov.uk.
• If you are unable to find the information you need please email members.support@leeds.gov.uk.

 

Vaccination programme:

As you know, this week sees the Covid-19 vaccination programme begin, with Leeds one of the 50 ‘hospital hub’ sites chosen to take delivery of the Pfizer vaccine. The first vaccinations are scheduled to take place today.  The work involved in bringing this moment together is a tremendous achievement as we form part of the first wave of the national NHS vaccination programme. This has been another example of #TeamLeeds working together in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and marks a key development in our efforts to deliver the biggest immunisation programme in the history of the NHS.

The Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI) published its final advice for the priority groups to receive the vaccine, and this week the first care home staff, people over 80 and prioritised frontline health and social care workers across Leeds will be vaccinated.

To get this far has been a full collaborative partnership effort with health and care partners across the city working together as we continue to deliver crucial work. Find out more about the Covid-19 vaccine on the NHS website www.nhs.uk/covidvaccine or on the Government website www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme.  Further updates will follow. CCG colleagues will be setting up a dedicated webpage, but in the meantime here are some useful links:

• COVID-19 vaccination guidance for healthcare workers
• COVID-19 vaccination guidance for social care staff
• COVID-19 vaccination guidance for adults (patients)
• COVID-19 vaccination guidance for women of childbearing age, those currently pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding
• COVID-19 leaflet explaining why people have to wait for the vaccine
• COVID-19 what to expect after your vaccination