Interim Plan for the Autumn of 2021
Plan for the Autumn/Winter of 2021/22
Interim Plan for the Autumn of 2021
Minutes:
The SBC Interim Public Health Service Lead stated that:
· Despite the increase in the positivity rate there had been no large outbreaks in Slough recently. Central Government advice was to return to normal pre-covid activity. For example, the Council was looking into a phased and managed return to workplaces for its staff.
· The local plan was being revised.
· There was increased surveillance of any outbreaks at schools and a move away from contact tracing to outbreak management.
· lncreasing testing and vaccination opportunities for the public.
Following further discussion, the actions below were agreed:
Action 5: A detailed plan for the autumn and winter of 2021/22 be submitted to the October meeting of the Board, and to include:
-contingency planning
-a vaccine plan (for both covid and flu)
-a plan regarding the deployment of volunteers
-how to increase testing opportunities and the distribution of free testing kits.
The SBC Interim Public Health Service Lead undertook to do this.
Resolved: That the verbal update be noted