The county’s Director of Public Health Colin Cox is advising people to take simple steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, flu and other respiratory illnesses this winter, as cases rise across Cumbria.
The proportion of people testing positive for COVID-19 in Cumbria has increased recently as winter approaches.
At today’s Cumbria County Council Cabinet meeting, elected members gave thanks to the efforts of the County Council workforce and partners across Cumbria for helping to keep people healthy and as safe as possible.
An acting Public Health Consultant at Cumbria County Council is urging residents to “take care of themselves and others and support the NHS” as we learn to live with COVID-19.
Free widespread symptomatic and asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 has now ended in Cumbria.
Cumbria County Council’s Cabinet Member for Public Health and Community Services has issued a message of thanks to everyone involved in COVID-19 testing in the county since the pandemic began two years ago.
Parents in Cumbria are being advised to take precautions as schools feel the impact of rising COVID infection rates.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Cumbria has doubled in the last week as the nation gets used to living with no legal restrictions in place.
