PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Disease Control (11 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources have been allocated to minimising the risk of further infection from covid-19 in (a) Tower Hamlets and (b) the UK.

Asked by:
Apsana Begum (Independent)

The Government has announced that the United Kingdom are moving out of the contain phase and into delay, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. As the response is at national level there are currently no localised plans.

A series of new measures have been introduced to reduce and delay transmission and delay the peak. This includes a ‘staying at home’ measure for seven days if any symptoms of coronavirus infection, however mild are experienced. The most common symptoms of coronavirus are recent onset of a new continuous cough and/or a high temperature. During isolation councils are activating Local Resilience Forums in order to co-ordinate action in local areas to assist effective isolation. The full announcements of these plans are available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-government-announces-moving-out-of-contain-phase-and-into-delay

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
19 March 2020