Caution urged as easing of restrictions announced

From 27 January Plan B restrictions will end. But our cases are still higher than last January's peak and hospitalisations are still high too.

Although the Plan B restrictions are able to be relaxed, we still need to keep ourselves protected. So please get vaccinated and boosted, and think carefully when mixing in work settings and with friends and family. We know Omicron is very sociable and transmissible and it loves to spread in these environments. 

So just because we can work in work settings and we can socialise more, it's still important to remember it's still very, very easy to bump into Covid! 

12-15s can now get vaccinated outside of school

Some children are now 12 weeks from their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and are eligible for a second dose.

Getting vaccinated with two doses will help keep them in school, spending time with their friends and keep their lives moving forward.

Young people can just drop in at:

• Stithians Showground
• The Health and Wellbeing centre in Truro (near Treliske Hospital)
• Wadebridge Showground.

You can also check to see if they can get the vaccine at a GP or pharmacy nearby on the grab-a-jab website.

Please tell us your test results

Taking lateral flow tests regularly when you don't have symptoms helps to stop COVID-19 spreading. And telling us your result helps us to understand more about the virus.

Remember to report your result:

🔵 whether it's positive, negative or void
🔵 every time you take a test
🔵 as soon as possible after your result

Help protect our essential workers

People are being urged to help protect essential workers and frontline staff by getting jabbed and taking precautions to minimise the spread of Covid.

Transmission of the Omicron variant is already having a huge impact on many of Cornwall’s vital services and infrastructure.

Covid doesn’t just affect you and your health – it can also cause huge disruption to everyone’s lives. You never know who you might spread it to. The more the virus is allowed to circulate, the more likely it is that teachers will be unable to teach, bus drivers will be unable to drive, nurses will be unable to work... the list goes on

Free online mental health training

A new online mental health training package is now available for all working people across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to help them cope with the ongoing stresses and strains of the pandemic.

Whether you've been working on the front line dealing directly with Covid every day, or working from home and coping with the isolation that brings, the pandemic has impacted every working person's mental health to a greater or lesser degree.

Which is why Public Health Cornwall and NHS Kernow have jointly commissioned an exciting new mental health training package for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Developed and hosted by the Sound Doctor, the package includes three modules covering psychological first aid, mental health awareness and trauma informed training.

You can use the training to help you with your own wellbeing. Or you can use it to give you the confidence and skills to support others, helping to create a more trauma informed and supportive environment in the workplace.