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Liverpool Continues to Tackle COVID-19<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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COVID-19 timeline<\/h2>\n

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02 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 2<\/div>

Ministers have said there is nothing in the data to suggest new\u00a0<\/span><\/span>COVID-19 rules are needed for England.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

03 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 3rd<\/div>
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The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Royal College of Nursing<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0urges the UK government to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>take a more cautious approach as the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Omicron variant<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0continues to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spread.<\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

05 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 5th<\/div>

Rules regarding PCR tests in England are to change from the <\/span><\/span>following week, meaning anyone testing positive for COVID-19 with a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lateral flow test but who have no symptoms will no longer need to follow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the test with a PCR test; they will still be required to self-isolate for seven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>days though.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

07 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 7th<\/div>

From 4am people in England who are fully vaccinated are no <\/span><\/span>longer required to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test before travelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abroad, while anyone arriving in England who has had both vaccines is not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>required to self-isolate while waiting for the results of a PCR test.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

11 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 11th<\/div>

People in England without COVID-19 symptoms no longer <\/span><\/span>need a PCR test to confirm a positive lateral flow test following a change\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in the rules.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

15 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 15th<\/div>

Health Secretary <\/span><\/span>Sajid Javid<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0confirms the period of self-<\/span><\/span>isolation in England following a positive COVID-19 test is to be cut to five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>full days from Monday 17 January.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

19 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 19th<\/div>

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requirements to present COVID-19 passes at certain venues and events\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and to wear face coverings on public transport and in certain indoor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>locations, along with the guidance to work remotely, would cease to apply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after 26 January.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

27 Jan, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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January 27th<\/div>
\"Woman<\/a><\/div>

Plan B<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0measures are lifted in England bringing an end to the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mask mandate, but\u00a0<\/span>a number of<\/span>\u00a0retailers, including Sainsbury’s, Tesco,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>John Lewis, Waitrose and Morrisons will continue to encourage people to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wear them, along with several rail operators.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

19 Feb, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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February 19th<\/div>

A<\/span><\/span>ll remaining COVID-19 regulations for England are set to end in the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coming\u00a0days, including the legal requirement to self-isolate if symptomatic following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0positive\u00a0test.<\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

24 Feb, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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February 24th<\/div>

All domestic legal COVID-19 restrictions are officially lifted in England.\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

21 Mar, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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March 21st<\/div>
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NHS England<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0launches its Spring Booster Programme, offering a booster\u00a0vaccine to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>600,000 people aged over 75, <\/span><\/span>those who are residents in a care home, and those\u00a0aged over\u00a012\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considered to be medically vulnerable.\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

02 Apr, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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April 2nd<\/div>

Low-dose vaccines for COVID-19 become available for children aged five to 11 in <\/span><\/span>England, with five million eligible. A second dose is recommended after 12 weeks.\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

19 Apr, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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April 19th<\/div>

Patients waiting in NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and emergency departments in <\/span><\/span>England are no longer required to socially distance.\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

24 Aug, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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August 24th<\/div>
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The UK government announces that most hospital patients and care home residents <\/span><\/span>in England will no longer be required to take COVID-19 tests, although new\u00a0admissions into both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will continue to be tested. Free lateral flow tests for health and social care staff will also end\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from 31 August.\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

05 Sep, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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September 5th<\/div>

The deployment of the Autumn 2022 COVID-19 booster programme begins in <\/span><\/span>England, with care home residents and people who are housebound the first to be\u00a0offered the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vaccine.\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

13 Oct, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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October 13th<\/div>

The latest health figures show that hospital waiting lists in England have reached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven million, their highest since records began.\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

22 Nov, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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7 November<\/div>

Analysis by BBC News has indicated a 10% rise in the number of <\/span><\/span>five- and six-year-olds in England requiring speech therapy in the past year,\u00a0something that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>experts partially attribute to the effect of the COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

30 Dec, 2022<\/div><\/div>
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30 December<\/div>
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The UK government confirms that passengers arriving in England from China will <\/span><\/span>need to provide a negative COVID test before boarding their flight when China fully\u00a0reopens its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>borders on 8 January.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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COVID-19 Omicron response<\/h2>\n

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Proud to protect my city<\/h2>\n

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COVID-19 rates were at their highest in January 2022 peaking at over 3000 per 100,000 with the Omicron variant\u00a0<\/span>being the dominant strain of the virus. The COVID-19 booster vaccine which reduces the likelihood of serious illness\u00a0<\/span>or death because of COVID-19 continued to be rolled out as part of the government’s ‘Plan B’. During this time\u00a0<\/span>Liverpool Public Health Team supported the vaccination\u00a0<\/span>programme<\/span>\u00a0targeting the most vulnerable people in the\u00a0<\/span>community.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

The Liverpool Public Health Team also continued to promote and support COVID-19 testing across Liverpool City and\u00a0<\/span>provided COVID-19 outbreak support and prevention work in vulnerable settings such as care homes.\u00a0On January 19,\u00a0<\/span>2022, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Plan B restrictions would be lifted as the UK government moved\u00a0<\/span>to reopen the country.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

COVID-19 rates declined rapidly from January 2022 increasing slightly in March 2022 before levelling off at around 40 per <\/span>100,000. As part of the national strategy for\u00a0<\/span>Living with COVID-19<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0free\u00a0testing for most people with and without\u00a0<\/span>symptoms\u00a0ended at the end of March 2022. Testing was still available in healthcare and some social care settings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Graph showing COVID-19 cases January 2022 onwards<\/h2>\n

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Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Covid-19 rates peaked in early January <\/b>2022<\/b><\/span> at over 3000 per 100,000. Rates then declined rapidly to under 300 per 100,000 levelling off at around 20 per 100,000 with some increases in rates in March <\/b>2022<\/b><\/span> and July 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

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Targeting COVID-19 Vaccination<\/h2>\n

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Evidence on COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Liverpool shows a wide inequality in uptake between our lowest and highest uptake communities. These same communities are among our most and least deprived\u00a0<\/span>communities, highlighting a social gradient in uptake, as well as variation between age groups, ethnic population groups and marginalized patient groups who experience additional barriers to accessing vaccination\u00a0<\/span>appointments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unvaccinated individuals report many different reasons for not being vaccinated and there is no \u2019\u2019one size fits all\u2019\u2019 solution. Meanwhile trust, entrenched ideas, burnout and COVID-19 information\u00a0<\/span>overload mean the returns from these investments are diminishing.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

Working with the\u00a0<\/span>Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Liverpool City Council developed a proposal to design and deliver context specific, local solutions, that are driven and owned by those communities who are most affected.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

Low uptake patient groups were identified using National\u00a0<\/span>Immunisation<\/span>\u00a0Management System (NIMS) data sets, and\u00a0<\/span>separated<\/span>\u00a0into three parts:<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Behavioural<\/span> insight to understand the barriers faced by the target patient groups, and what would\/would not work to build vaccine confidence.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Social marketing approach, with material co-produced and utilized by the target audience to share with family, friends and peers.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Implement coordinated activity and monitoring of success with target audiences through multi-disciplinary Community Innovation Teams.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Phase one was concluded on 30 June 2022 with subsequent report<\/a>. Phase one demonstrated the feasibility and acceptability of an approach which involved building trust with local communities through working in\u00a0<\/span>partnership in community innovation teams, use of evidence-based interventions to address vaccine inequalities, and the use of co-produced messaging and innovative local solutions to build confidence in COVID-<\/span>19\u00a0vaccines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Recommendations from phase one included alignment of the vaccination intervention with other locally defined health and wellbeing priorities to increase relevance to local community, and consideration\u00a0<\/span>of the sustainability of the community engagement approach beyond the duration of the\u00a0<\/span>programme<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

    Phase two of the COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Insight and\u00a0<\/span>Behaviour<\/span>\u00a0Change\u00a0<\/span>programme<\/span>\u00a0will incorporate the findings and recommendations of the phase one report including the learning around equality implications.\u00a0<\/span>Linking with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) at Liverpool Place level and the council, the provider will be required to roll out the community engagement approach through community innovation teams across three\u00a0<\/span>primary care network areas to gain local insight and design and evaluate local interventions to address vaccine hesitancy and link interventions to increase vaccine uptake. <\/span><\/p>\n

    To address the recommendation on\u00a0<\/span>consideration of the sustainability of the approach, the phase two\u00a0<\/span>programme<\/span>\u00a0will have a specific focus on building and sustaining capacity for effective community engagement to address health inequalities with\u00a0<\/span>existing community assets. The wider rollout of this approach to address health inequalities across all primary care networks in Liverpool will be supported through mentorship and sharing learning and through\u00a0<\/span>alignment with primary care networks\u2019 inequalities initiatives. The\u00a0<\/span>programme<\/span> will also seek to link with Liverpool City Council\u2019s developing <\/span>neighbourhood<\/span>\u00a0model for community engagement.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Awareness campaign image for vaccination take up – ‘I Did it for my family who have underlying health conditions’<\/p>\n

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    Awareness campaign image for vaccination take up – ‘I Did it for protection during my pregnancy’.<\/p>\n

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