Meet outside and put on masks in crowded areas to maintain Covid at bay and stop winter surge, says Sajid Javid

  • Sajid Javid mentioned folks ought to take lateral circulate assessments earlier than Christmas events
  • He urged everybody to participate in a ‘nationwide mission’ to safe freedoms 
  • In any other case, he warned, the Authorities may must undertake Plan B for the winter
  • Stephen Powis urged staff to keep away from the workplace if they’ve chilly signs 










Britons ought to contemplate assembly outside and carrying masks in crowded areas to forestall a winter Covid spike, Sajid Javid mentioned yesterday.

The Well being Secretary mentioned folks ought to contemplate taking lateral circulate assessments earlier than seeing family and friends at Christmas events.

If they’ve to fulfill indoors, they need to open home windows to let in contemporary air, he added.

Mr Javid urged everybody to participate within the ‘nationwide mission’ to make sure the nation secures the freedoms it regained in July.

He warned that in any other case the Authorities might be compelled to undertake its Plan B for the winter – and that would come with making face masks necessary in some settings.

Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, said people should consider taking lateral flow tests before seeing friends and family at Christmas parties

Sajid Javid, the Well being Secretary, mentioned folks ought to contemplate taking lateral circulate assessments earlier than seeing family and friends at Christmas events

The Well being Secretary mentioned: ‘After the decisive steps that we’ve taken this 12 months, none of us wish to go backwards now.

‘So we should all play our half on this nationwide mission and take into consideration what we are able to do to make a distinction.

‘Meaning getting the jab when the time comes – whether or not it’s for Covid-19 or flu.’

Mr Javid mentioned that though vaccinations had been the first type of defence, there have been many extra issues that ‘we are able to all do to assist comprise the unfold of this virus’.

‘Like assembly outside the place it’s doable, and should you can solely meet indoors, letting in contemporary air.

‘Like carrying a face protecting in crowded and enclosed areas, particularly should you’re coming into contact with folks that you just don’t usually meet, and like making and taking fast assessments and making them a part of your weekly routine.

‘With winter quickly upon us, these little steps make an enormous distinction.

‘If all of us play our half, then we may give ourselves the very best likelihood on this race, to get by means of this winter, and luxuriate in Christmas with our family members.’

Stephen Powis, the nationwide medical director of NHS England, urged staff not to enter the workplace if that they had chilly signs.

Stephen Powis, the national medical director of NHS England, urged workers not to go into the office if they had cold symptoms

Stephen Powis, the nationwide medical director of NHS England, urged staff not to enter the workplace if that they had chilly signs

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