Weather Advisory For Heavy Rain
The Government, together with MeteoGib, has published a Weather Advisory for Heavy Rain today and further Heavy Rain on Christmas Day.
Changes To Hospital COVID-19 Swabbing Procedure For Staff And Visitors
The GHA’s COVID-19 operational status has been raised to amber, with the operational threat level raised to moderate. This is not anticipated to have any significant operational impact for patients. Outpatient activity, and priority and time sensitive surgeries, interventions, screenings and investigations will continue as normal.
Tremendous Generosity To The Care Agency Ahead Of Christmas
The charity ‘Kids Come First’ has donated £3000 to the Care Agency for the benefit of all children in care. A further £20,000 was donated anonymously and has been used to purchase hampers and pay for essentials for families in need.
CM: No New COVID Restrictions
The Chief Minister confirmed that the Government would not at this moment impose any further public health restrictions. He said there was “no requirement to restrict your civil liberties in order to protect life or the GHA’s ability to protect life” especially given the low number of hospitalisations and the success of the vaccination program.
