Turning the tide for coastal communities
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and worsened the socio-economic problems that uniquely affect our coastal communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and worsened the socio-economic problems that uniquely affect our coastal communities.
Many in local government welcomed the announcement of the new tier system a few weeks ago, hoping that it would bring simplicity and clarity to councils, residents and businesses subject to restrictions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been well documented as having significant detrimental effects on mental health and wellbeing, particularly for residents in vulnerable groups.
We are working more from home and, sorry to say, for longer periods of time.
We saw the Prime Minister announce in October the new three-tier system, under which every area of the country will be classified as ‘medium’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’ risk during the continuing COVID-19 crisis.
Councils’ enforcement and compliance teams have been stretched thin in response to the pandemic.
The number of people considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) to COVID-19 and advised to shield has been expanded by an additional 1.7 million.
Councils will continue to do all they can to support the Government’s plans for tackling COVID-19 and reducing restrictions.
As first was going to press, it was confirmed that more than 100,000 people across the country had died within 28 days of a COVID-19 test – just over a year since the first two official cases were recorded in the UK.
We are all fed up with COVID-19. It has dominated our work, it’s all we talk about (let’s be honest, it’s the only thing to talk about), it’s disrupted all our lives, and changed the way we can live our lives.