Updated Coronavirus guidance with effect from 13th May

The government has now made clear that updated guidance on social distancing and the lockdown rules comes into force on Wednesday 13th May.

You can read the details of the new guidance at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do

Comments

Jim said…
I still dont like the idea of those with symptoms being advised to isolate at home with all their other household members. If the nightingales are not to be used as the primary treatment then they could at least be used to isolate the symptomatic.

We keep seeing the worst cases are the cases after the 1st case in housholds, Nosocomial cases (patients and HCWs) and care home cases.

although some, but not all, are pre peer review being so recent, Numerous papers point to multipul pre symptomatic exposures to the virus caused by repeated close contact as the worst case. this paper showing that isolating the first case even they became sympotmatic reduced second infection to household members. Backed up by this paper from the lancet which also mentions travelling with an infected person.

Test, trace, isolate. That is pretty much our only weopon against the virus. Its the only way, in the absense of a vaccine, we can control its spread. Test, isolate and interview the positives to find recent contacts (though here they will mainly be household members) test the contacts - repeat.

I dont know why the test and trace part of the plan only starts when we get down to level 2 though.

our prime, quite possibly our only, method of reducing the number of cases and lowering the transmission rate does not start until the number of cases and the transmission rate are low.

imagine a ships bilge so full of water the ship is struggling to stay afloat, then the captain giving the order "dont swich on the bilge pumps until the water level in the bilges is much lower than it is now"
7:27 am
Gary Bullivant said…
I've noticed a tendency for the authorities to confuse the health legislation with the behaviour regulations - the British Transport Police were the first when they arrested that woman from York under the latter not the former. As far as most members of the public are concerned. when it comes to the policing issues they are better off looking at the link below rather than the links provided within .gov web pages. If you agree you might usefully pass the observation up the Party chain.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/contents/made
3:16 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
Hm.

Won't suit everyone but for those who want to actually read the full text of the rules rather than a summary you may have a point, Gary.

Perhaps the best bet is to publicise both and I will suggest that.
11:44 pm
Gary Bullivant said…
To be clear, I'm referring to Section 8, where a link to the Health legislation (applicable mainly to the authorities and the diseased) is provided whereas the FAQ content is referring to matters related to the behaviour regulations (applicable to all and therefore more frequently questioned), the link to which I have provided.





10:22 am
Chris Whiteside said…
When I follow that link it takes me to the statutory instrument which sets down the lockdown rules. section 8 is the enforcement section.

I don't see a FAQ.

Nevertheless I have included this in my latest post with details of how to find information about the rules because there are people who might indeed find it useful.
7:41 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
Did you mean the FAQ available at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do
7:48 pm
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