All households with children of school age to get 2 rapid COVID-19 tests per person per week
The Government announced on Friday 26th that families and households with primary school-age children, including child care and support bubbles, will be able to test themselves twice every week from home as schools return from 8 March.
To help stop the spread of coronavirus and minimise disruption to education, we encourage all families to participate in this testing.
If anyone tests positive or gets coronavirus symptoms, they should tell the school and:
self-isolate immediately
get a PCR test to confirm the result
follow the stay at home guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection – click here
A negative result means the test did not find signs of coronavirus. But this does not guarantee you do not have coronavirus, so you should keep following all coronavirus advice including:
regular handwashing
social distancing
wearing a face-covering where recommended
Covid Vaccinations:
The COVID-19 vaccine gives you the best protection from coronavirus.
The vaccines approved in the UK are safe and effective. They do not contain any animal products or egg and have been tested on tens of thousands of people from many backgrounds.
Like all vaccines, you may experience some side effects, but these are usually mild and shouldn’t last longer than a week. For example, you may have a sore arm where the needle went, a headache, feel sick, tired or achy.
Although the vaccine will reduce your chances of becoming seriously ill, you could still get and spread coronavirus. It’s important to continue protecting your family and friends by following government guidelines – even after you’ve received the vaccine.
There’s no need to contact your local NHS organisation – they will get in touch when it’s your turn to be vaccinated. Anyone over 70 who hasn’t been called can contact the NHS – book online, call 119 or their GP.
When you’re invited to get the vaccine, please go. The sooner we are all vaccinated, the sooner we can hug our families, see our friends and get (London/Ealing/Southall/Acton/Greenford/Northolt etc) back to normal.
Please see a range of links and information:
NHS NWL CCGs Covid-19 website (Detail about the COVID-19 vaccination programme across North West London – click here
More detailed information about Covid-19 vaccines – click here
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