Coronavirus Diary, Day 97
Cumbria County Council has launched a consultation draft for a proposed Covid-19 outbreak control plan.
As the number of Covid-19 infections in the country reduces, it is expected that we will move into a new phase of response, one that relies more on responding to local outbreaks rather than on a national approach.
On 22 May 2020, the Government announced increased responsibility for upper tier local authorities to lead on this work, including a requirement to publish a Local Outbreak Control Plan by the end of June 2020.
It is the responsibility of upper-tier local authorities to prepare these plans, though many agencies are involved in implementing them. The Local Outbreak Control Plan sets out how Cumbria will respond to outbreaks of Covid-19. It describes how the local Test and Trace system works and how this connects to the national system; gives further details of the approach being taken to support schools and care homes; and outlines how the community will be engaged in this work.
The consultation draft of the plan can be found on the County Council website at https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/publichealth/covid19outbreakcontrol.asp.
While the plan is very much live and being followed by local agencies at the moment, the council is keen to develop and improve it further, and to ensure that the public is engaged with it.
It has therefore been published as a consultation draft and there is a link online to enable residents of Cumbria to comment on the plan.
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