Covid-19 infection rates across Lancashire have climbed ahead of Christmas.
View email online | | | | | | | | | Dec 21, 2020 | | | | | | | | Good evening There was much schadenfreude appearing on social media over the weekend at the changes to the tiering system in the South of England. It began before Boris Johnson had even finished telling the country that our Christmas plans were being changed and that in London and the South East, there would be NO mixing of households at all over the festive period, not even for the one day granted to the rest of us.
The news was greeted with glee for some people in the North, given that most of us up here have been under very strict restrictions since September.
But forget about the North/South divide. This last minute news means that many lonely people will not be able to reach out to family and friends even for one day at a time of year which can be difficult for many.
There is good reason for making the changes: the new strain of the virus is so infectious that no chances can be taken by allowing people to mix. So we need to cling on to the hope that this is just for one year and to help keep us all safe. And not be joyful over other people’s misery. As always, stay safe Gillian Looking for a useful, last-minute gift for that hard-to-buy-for friend or family member? Keep them in the know throughout 2021 with a year-long gift subscription to lep.co.uk - and get 20 per cent off now! Just click the following link and use the promo code CHRISTGIFT20 https://bit.ly/LEPgift Here are some of today's top stories ... | |
| | | | | | | Infection rates shoot up across Lancashire - here's how your area compares | | | | | | | | Covid-19 infection rates across Lancashire have climbed ahead of Christmas. | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Preston yoga studio owner leads major campaign to fight Tier 3 ban on indoor group classes | | | | A Lancashire mum has launched a petition and campaign to get yoga studios back open for the sake of people’s mental health, as the borough remains in Tier 3. |
| | | | | | | | | Post-pandemic behaviour: What could be here to stay in 2021? | | | | Face coverings could be here to stay for hesitant members of the public, while hugging loved ones will quickly return to the norm when safe to do so in 2021, according to behaviour experts. |
| | | | | | | | | Social distancing and face masks may have to continue until 50% of the UK is vaccinated | | | | Restrictions on social interaction may have to continue until around half of the UK population has been vaccinated, an expert has warned. |
| | | | | | | | | Secondary school pupils face staggered return to classroom after Christmas to 'reduce Covid spread and help with mass testing plan' | | | | Schools across Lancashire have been told to stagger the return of secondary school pupils after the Christmas break to help with the roll out of mass Covid testing. |
| | | | | | | | | This is every confirmed case of Covid in the North West on Monday, December 21, 2020 | | | | Another 1,945 people have tested positive in the North West, bringing the region's total number of cases to 337,264 as of Monday, December 21, 2020. |
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