Watch our video we created last year for some quick tips on taking care of yourself at home. Keep an eye on our latest website updates and social media over the coming days for updates on any further changes to services. Our website will be updated with the latest information on this Libraries are closed today and tomorrow (5 & 6 January) but we are looking at what services can be provided moving forward.Weddings and civil partnerships can only take place in exceptional circumstances – please see your ceremony options if you have a ceremony booked with us.Our Housing Repairs service will be urgent health and safety work only.Outdoor sports facilities and gyms will close.The Household Waste & Recycling Centre (HWRC) at Millbrook will remain open – please remember that you have to book a visit online.Once further information is available, it will be published on our information for businesses page or businesses can sign up to our business e-newsletter for the latest news. Southampton City Council are awaiting more details regarding these payments from central government. The Government has announced additional funding including new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs. Support for businessesĭetail on which businesses can remain open under the new lockdown are available on the GOV.UK website. No one should suffer alone in silence so please do reach out." We’re here to helpĪnyone who needs help should visit the coronavirus information pages of our website or contact our COVID-19 resident helpline on 023 8083 4800. That includes help with essentials like picking up medicines and groceries but also social contact and just having someone to talk to. The Southampton COVID-19 helpline has remained open throughout the pandemic and we stand ready to help people, with the support of our partners from across the city. "Southampton City Council is committed to continuing to provide essential services for all our residents and supporting those that need it most will remain our priority.
But for now, we need to continue the community spirit and response which has served us well so far. "We will be doing everything we can to help support the government in the roll out of vaccine and its ambitious new target for all priority groups to be vaccinated by the middle of February. The only way we can protect the NHS and ensure it is able to help us when we need it, is to all play our part in preventing the spread of infection. But the fact remains that cases and hospital admissions are going up fast and if we don’t act now our stretched NHS will reach breaking point. "I don’t underestimate how difficult another lockdown will be for our residents and businesses. To do this we must all play our part by limiting our contact with other households to an absolute minimum."Ĭouncillor Christopher Hammond, Leader of Southampton City Council, said:
"We are now entering a crucial period with the rollout of vaccines and so we must do everything we can to protect our local NHS and the most vulnerable in our communities whilst this takes place. The new strain appears to pass from person to person even easier than before and this makes it a huge threat to our communities. Such rapid growth in infections suggests that the new strain of the virus is present in Southampton. In the most recent 7 days (to 27 December) there were 144 reported admissions and diagnoses in hospital of patients with COVID-19 at University Hospital Southampton with extremely high pressure on ICU capacity. The latest figures show that our weekly infection rate is 542.9 per 100,000 people. "Cases of COVID-19 in Southampton are rising rapidly.
National lockdown tomorrow full#
You can see the full list of rules at gov.uk/coronavirus.ĭr Debbie Chase, Director of Public Health in Southampton, said: Following the Prime Minister’s announcement last night, Southampton has entered lockdown with immediate effect today.
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