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Council Says Stay Home and Stay Safe

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that people must stay at home, except in limited circumstances, Cheshire West and Chester Council is advising all residents to follow these new measures to help protect the most vulnerable people in our communities.

Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council and Cabinet Member for Wellbeing, Cllr Gittins adds: “The time has come for more significant action and I ask you all, please to stay at home, to protect the NHS and help save lives.

"I understand this is undoubtedly a challenging time for all of us - but the Council, our partners and our growing number of volunteers will be doing everything that we can to support you. We’re working in partnership with our communities and voluntary sector organisations and continue to work around the clock.

“As Council Leader, I will also make sure that we continue to deliver the critical front-line services that we’re responsible for on a daily basis:

• supporting over 150 schools
  
• protecting hundreds of our most vulnerable children and families
  
• maintaining social care services for adults
  
•  providing support and advice to our businesses
  
• collecting waste and maintaining the quality of our roads.
  

“All of these services, and a huge number of other services, that we manage through the course of our business, will be heavily impacted by COVID-19.

"These vital services are being prioritised, and council staff are already being redeployed to help us manage those priority areas. Some of our services will need to be delivered differently or temporarily scaled back – but please be reassured that the decisions we make as a local authority will be based on the most up-to-date information available, and with the best interests of our residents at the forefront of our minds.

“As a community, we all have a role to play. It’s absolutely vital that everyone plays their part. This is a time to look out for each other. We may be physically isolated for a period of time, but we don’t have to be socially isolated. You can support family, friends and neighbours safely, through different methods of communication, by phone or social media, and of course, following the advice of the NHS and Public Health England.”

This new guidance from the Government will reduce the day-to-day contact with others and reduce the spread of infection. You should only leave the house for the following reasons:

• shopping for essential food and medicine, as infrequently as possible
  
• one form of exercise a day will be allowed but not in groups
  
• travelling to support a medical need or to provide care or help a vulnerable person
  
• travelling to and from essential work but only where absolutely necessary and where working from home is not possible.
  

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GO

At 18:33 on 25th March 2020, GO commented:

Two of the exceptions to the stay at home rule quoted above differ significantly from those stated on the government website. That site says that one form of exercise per day is permitted,.....alone or with members of your household. Thus one can exercise with a group whose members are members of your household. The government website says one may travel to and from work but only where this absolutely cannot be done from home. There is therefore no requirement for the work to be essential work. The government site goes on to consider tradespeople working in people’s homes to perform repairs and maintenance which is permitted subject to certain safeguards. The point is that a worker can only only travel to work, essential or not, if that work can’t be done from the worker’s home, as would clearly be the case for a tradesperson doing decorating or gardening.

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CO Jones

At 18:47 on 25th March 2020, CO Jones commented:

Thanks for clearing that up....

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