Bulletin Tuesday 20 October 2020

Local restrictions

At the time of issuing the council is waiting to hear further details about the level of restrictions that apply to the borough.

Restrictions in neighbouring areas

Neighbouring areas to Greater Manchester have different restrictions depending where they are.

The borough of Bolton shares a border with Chorley and Blackburn with Darwen councils which are part of the Tier 3 Restrictions in Lancashire. People living inside and outside of the very high alert level area can continue to travel in and out of the areas for work, education, to access youth services or because of caring responsibilities.

The Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton Council) is also in Tier 3 with different business closures from Lancashire. People living inside and outside of the very high alert level area can continue to travel in and out of the areas for work, education, to access youth services or because of caring responsibilities. Tier 3 restrictions in the Liverpool City Region can be found here.

Cheshire and West Yorkshire are within the Tier 2 ‘High Level’ restrictions. You may continue to travel to venues or amenities which are open, for work, voluntary, charitable or youth services, or to access education, within a high alert level area.

A short, sharp firebreak will be introduced across Wales at the end of this week to help regain control of coronavirus. This means that a series of restrictive measures will be in place from 6pm Friday 23 October until the start of Monday 9 November 2020.

Travel to Wales is limited for work, education or other essential purpose.

Launch of the Export Growth Plan to help businesses

The government has launched the Export Growth Plan to help businesses in England.

The Export Growth Plan provides additional financial support and expertise, some of which is targeted towards specific regions that are most in need. The plan includes a £38 million Internationalisation Fund for small businesses, which will help up to 7,600 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in England grow their overseas trading and strengthen their business.

If you need to self-isolate what should you do?

People will be required by law to self-isolate from 28 September if told to do so or who develop symptoms.

We’ve put together the enclosed FAQs to help you do so (link is no longer live).

You need to self-isolate if:

• You develop symptoms of coronavirus
• You arrive back in the UK from a country that is not on the exemptions list
• You have been contacted by Test and Trace and told you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive
• If you've got an alert from the NHS Covid App, telling you that you've spent time near someone who has tested positive for coronavirus, then you will have to stay at home for 14 days.

Self-isolation is hard. It means you cannot go out of your house and this could mean that you will be alone for two weeks. There is support available in these circumstances.

People are being asked to self-isolate because we must stop the virus being passed on from people to people. Because it can take up to two weeks for symptoms to develop it means that if you do have the virus you could pass it on to so many people before you know it.

We need to stop that happening. And we need your help to do this.

If you have no means of support please contact our support helpline by calling 01204 337221.

There are also sources of support and information that can help, such as the Every Mind Matters website.

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