How to use the coronavirus contact tracing app

With England and Wales’s coronavirus contact tracing app rolling out, here we explain how to get hold of it and how to use it: View email online

Subscribe Sep 24, 2020 Good evening, It was inevitable that the furlough scheme, which helped to protect the jobs and salaries of millions of people during the first months of the coronavirus outbreak, could not go on indefinitely. And as the deadline of October 31 drew nearer, pressure was being put on the Government to say how it would continue to help companies and workers. Now the Chancellor has unveiled a new scheme to provide a portion of the wages of people whose jobs are still viable - but there is not the same demand for them as there was pre-Covid. A similar programme has been in place in other European countries since the start of the pandemic. It means that employees who can only work on shorter hours will still be paid two-thirds of the hours for the time they cannot work. This offers at least a modicum of hope for those whose jobs are precarious. But this will not help everyone and so it is important that those people who are facing redundancy get a similar level of help - in particular to increase their skills with retraining to make them more likely to find a new post. Thanks for reading and please drop me a line with your views at gillian.parkinson@jpress.co.uk Gillian Parkinson Editor How to use the coronavirus contact tracing app With England and Wales’s coronavirus contact tracing app rolling out, here we explain how to get hold of it and how to use it: One in five UK adults unlikely to get coronavirus vaccine, study suggests A fifth of people in the UK say they are unlikely to get a coronavirus vaccine if one is approved, a study highlighting “concerning” levels of misinformation has found. The Living City: The inside story behind Preston's coronavirus lockdown The Living City is a community project documenting the experiences of Preston people in lockdown, giving locals the chance to express what makes the city a good place to live, work, and play; what needs to change; and what living through the coronavirus pandemic has been like for them. £2,500 appeal launched to help Preston family stay together in Liverpool when newborn twin has heart surgery A £2,500 JustGiving appeal has been launched to help fund a "home from home" for a month for a Preston family whose unborn twin boy will need heart surgery at Alder Hey Hospital soon after birth. This is when Penwortham and Bamber Bridge leisure centres are set to reopen Penwortham and Bamber Bridge leisure centres are preparing to reopen after being closed for six months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. There are now 14,595 confirmed cases in Lancashire - here is the full breakdown of case numbers for every area in the county The number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lancashire is now 14,595. View more Coronavirus news

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