Coronavirus updates – Kirklees
We are continuing to work closely with Public Health England to minimise the risk of coronavirus to the public in Kirklees
Please see the NHS website for the latest information about Coronavirus.
Good hygiene is the very best prevention. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
How to help safely:
You should only leave the house for one of four reasons, and one of these is to provide care or to help a vulnerable person. Even when you are doing this, you need to do so safely. Read Coronavirus: How to help safely for full guidance from the Government.
Stay at home
From now on, the message is clear – stay at home unless you need to leave for:
- Essential shopping
- To exercise once a day, whether this is a run, a walk or a bike ride
- For medical need
- To help others
- Travel to and from work, but only if necessary
School closures:
See our response to the Government’s decision to close schools from 20 March 2020.
If you have concerns about access to either school places or childcare, just fill out a Covid-19 education and childcare enquiry form and we’ll be in touch to help.
Please only use this service if you have a vulnerable child or you’re classed as a key worker (also referred to as critical workers) and have already contacted your school or childcare provider.
Community pack:
We’ve put together a pack to support you and your community during the
ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus.
We’ve also put together a list of ways you can help in your community.
Businesses:
The Government has announced a package of financial and other measures to help manage impacts on businesses, including business rates reliefs, statutory sick pay reliefs, small business grants and loans.
Symptoms:
- a high temperature – you feel hot to touch on your chest or back
- a new, continuous cough – this means you’ve started coughing repeatedly
Testing for coronavirus is not needed if you’re staying at home.
How long to stay at home:
- if you have symptoms, stay at home for 7 days
- if you live with other people, they should stay at home for 14 days from the day the first person got symptoms
If you live with someone who is 70 or over, has a long-term condition, is pregnant or has a weakened immune system, try to find somewhere else for them to stay for 14 days.
Councillor Shabir Pandor, Leader of Kirklees Council, said:
“I really want to reassure people that we’re working very closely with Public Health England to keep the risk to people in Kirklees as low as possible.
“This is completely unprecedented circumstances for everyone and all we can do as a local authority is follow the guidance from Government and make decisions locally that we believe best protect people, their communities, families and loved ones.
“The biggest strength we have in Kirklees is our togetherness and I urge local people to look out for each other the best you can. If you are fit and able, offer help to those who need it. My promise to residents is that we will do all we can to make this period as easy and as manageable as we possibly can for you.”
More information
- Coronavirus: latest information and advice
- Coronavirus overview
- You can also phone NHS 111 for advice.
- You can also visit our website.
some councils are stopping bin collections are Kirklees continuing with a full service ?
Hi in view of yesterday’s increased travel limitations I’m concerned about being able to move house next week. Apart from the removals firm being unable to move me due to sickness, there is no advice anywhere. Can you advise, please ?
Thank you
Rachel
Please can you tell me what restrictions are being put on kirklees crematorium funerals. Will there be a set number of immediate family able to attend.
Will you be offering rent or council tax support? My work is wanting me to self isolate for 12 weeks due to me and my children being classed as vulnerable (medical problems) however i am currently on a flexi contract so although they will pay my wage, it will only be the standard 11 hours a week. I won’t be able to pay rent, council tax or buy food with that let alone pay my bills
Hi, after Mr Johnson’s directive last night, will the market still be open to enable me to buy fruit and veg in order to prevent a supermarket trip? Thanks.
Can i still go to my allotment on Somerset rd i live on kilburn close. Were locked by walls and metal padlocked gates
In there no ones seems to be going down so me and hubby are on our own. Can it be classed as exercise.
Hi,
Do you know if the government are giving the small businesses £2500 per employee OR Per month for all the employees to be shared out between them?
Also have you heard any information in regards to Nab Lane waste site being re-opened?
Thank you
What is happening with rent and council tax payments for those self isolating and on sick pay?
Hello Phil, due to some people who were visiting the tips yesterday refusing to follow guidance on social distancing, some have been temporarily closed (Nab Lane, Bromley Farm), we are looking to get these reopened later today. Please respect the staff and other visitors and only visit HWRCs if you really have to. For more information please read our most recent article: https://kirkleestogether.co.uk/2020/03/23/coronavirus-covid-19-update-managing-your-waste-and-recycling/ Kind regards ^EMT
Hello Linda, due to some people who were visiting the tips yesterday refusing to follow guidance on social distancing, some have been temporarily closed (Nab Lane, Bromley Farm), we are looking to get these reopened later today. For more information please read our most recent article: https://kirkleestogether.co.uk/2020/03/23/coronavirus-covid-19-update-managing-your-waste-and-recycling/ Kind regards ^EMT
Hello Caroline, due to some people who were visiting the tips yesterday refusing to follow guidance on social distancing, some have been temporarily closed (Nab Lane, Bromley Farm), we are looking to get these reopened later today. For more information please read our most recent article: https://kirkleestogether.co.uk/2020/03/23/coronavirus-covid-19-update-managing-your-waste-and-recycling/ Kind regards ^EMT
Hello Glenn, due to some people who were visiting the tips yesterday refusing to follow guidance on social distancing, some have been temporarily closed (Nab Lane, Bromley Farm), we are looking to get these reopened later today. For more information please read our most recent article: https://kirkleestogether.co.uk/2020/03/23/coronavirus-covid-19-update-managing-your-waste-and-recycling/ Kind regards ^EMT
Are waste sites open ?
hello, could someone advise regarding waste centres and how we manage waste during this time, as birstall appears to be closed.
Hello. Please can you advise whether the Kirklees tips are remaining open. I heard Cumberworth was closed at the weekend. Thank You
Went to Howden Clough waste tip this afternoon (Sunday). Workers on site but gates shut and locked. Couldn’t get any info out of them whether tips shut permanently or on restricted hours … very grumpy (them not me). Have searched this Kirklees website but no info on any changes to normal opening hours for Howden Clough tip. Please let me know whether we can still access tips for garden waste and if so, when.
Hi Zoe, at this moment there have been no cancellations with the registrar’s service. However, this can change as new information is being released by government officials on a daily basis. Kind Regards ^EMT
Schools shut great, groups of 10 to 20 kids roaming the streets not so great.
Hi Paul, thanks for your comment. The laws about children missing school are set by central government. We don’t know whether the laws might change but we are monitoring the situation. Kind regards ^EMT
Hi could you please give an update on weddings and whether your registrars are still providing a service? Thank you
Hi Bernard, for information and advice about business rates please visit our website: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/health-and-well-being/coronavirus.aspx Kind regards ^EMT
Hi Gareth, for information and advice about grants please visit our website: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/health-and-well-being/coronavirus.aspx Kind regards ^EMT
Hi Liam, if you look on that page there is a link – https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14 which shows the figures nationally and by local authority. We do not hold any information about Kirklees cases – it is all collated by the central government.
Hi, this is the third time I’ve asked and I’m still yet to get response? Why are the figures so obviously being hidden?
‘Please could you direct me to a link where I can find the number of actual cases of coronavirus in Kirklees as well as deaths in Kirklees that can be directly attributed to coronavirus? Thanks.’
We have to learn from China that the only way to get this epidemic under control is to completely stop contact with other people and keep everyone in their homes. Telling people to wash their hands is NOT EFFECTIVE as Italy has now realised. One of the big problems is that some people carry the virus without having symptoms so they carry on their normal lives whilst infecting many others. We have to put our lives on hold and SHUT DOWN. We need support systems in place to help people. Also we need FAR MORE testing. And finally what’s the point of patient confidentiality when so many people are likely to die?
Hi Mike, for information regarding events please visit the town halls website: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/town-halls/events-and-tickets.aspx Kind regards ^EMT
What is happening to events at the town halls? Will the be postponed or are tickets being refunded?
Hi Liam, to track coronavirus cases in the UK please follow this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-track-coronavirus-cases Kind regards ^EMT
Their general area is not a confidential piece of information. Not sharing it is putting people at risk. Please advise which confidentiality law you would be breaking if you were to say “a resident of Dewsbury” for example.
Please could you direct me to a link where I can find the number of actual cases of coronavirus in Kirklees as well as deaths in Kirklees that can be directly attributed to coronavirus in Kirklees? Thanks.
How about closing the schools? Is that a central government decision or o local one?
So we now have 3 confirmed cases in Kirklees. Are they hospital admissions? How much is it circulating in the community? How will we know without testing and without those self-isolating reporting symptoms? Schools won’t know if they have an actual case. We need more information.. Not location but at least to know if they have caught it from an already confirmed case or through unknown community transmission….
What a load rubbish not informing us the area concerned, peoples lives are at risk through lack of information, this country is quick to tell other countries what to do but yet we are worse and more secretive, its about time common sense prevailed
With Easter almost upon us, some families will have had holidays booked during the school holiday that will not be going ahead due to Covid-19. Will these families be permitted to take holidays during term time without financial penalty especially if covid 19 continues into the school summer break which is the only other time where families could take a prelonged break.
Are you planning to offer rate payers both domestic and business that are affected by temporary closures assuming we go that far any Rates payment holidays for a month or two
When are we going to see more testing centers set up. Every report we see say that the number of confirmed cases is about 1400 “but the real figure is thousands higher”. The only way to know the real extent is to increase the amount testing !
Not good enough .If not your decision whose? The first responsibility of Government is to protect its citizens,plural.You are taking privacy too far.As someone who meets four of the high risk factors I want to know which part of Kirklees is involved ,Huddersfield,Dewsbury,or the parishes.I do not want to isolate myself if some areas are free of the virus although I accept that it cannot be 100% known.
A scripted response. All people need to know is where we are at higher risk. Not the name or street. If you don’t know where the embers are how can you prevent a fire !!!
How on earth is letting people know the location of infections breaching anyone’s confidentiality? This is a ridiculous statement. Somebody who can work out a person’s identity just from a geographic location of, say, Dewsbury or Batley would have to be the world’s greatest detective. This is information absolutely necessary to help stop the spread of infection. We are advised “..if you have come into contact with a person who has coronavirus, you should self isolate”. How can we do that when Kirklees is refusing to provide crucial information.
Refusal to advise people where these cases are geographically located is a serious case of mismanagement and incompetence. The public have a right to protect themselves.
How on earth is letting people know the location of infections breaching anyone’s confidentiality? This is a ridiculous statement. Somebody who can work out a person’s identity just from a geographic location of, say, Dewsbury or Batley would have to be the world’s greatest detective. This is information absolutely necessary to help stop the spread of infection. We are advised “..if you have come into contact with a person who has coronavirus, you should self isolate”. How can we do that when Kirklees is refusing to provide crucial information.
Refusal to advise people where these cases are geographically located is a serious case of mismanagement and incompetence. The public have a right to protect themselves.
There is no advice for people like myself who are immune suppressive
After getting my vaccines I’ve been told by my nurse to self isolate even though I don’t have anything in at high risk
Could you please advise when you will have info on the grants available to businesses that qualify for SBBR? This is a much needed grant and with limited availability I would like to know as much as possible to enable an early application. Thanks.
mike oxlong
I don’t see why you can’t just ask permission from the patient to say what part of Kirklees it is. Clearly it is creating some panic if everybody wants to know.
Hi Ray, We cannot give any information about the patient, including where they are from, to respect their confidentiality. This is not our decision to make but we do support it. Please be reassured that regardless of where the patient is from, it is safe to continue with everyday life as normal. Good hygiene is the very best prevention. The patient has been in isolation since they returned to the country. Public Health England has already been in contact with everyone this person has been in contact with. For more information and advice visit http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/coronavirus
Hi Eric, thanks for commenting. It is not our intention to ‘ cultivate fear through lack of information’. We cannot give any information about the patient, including where they are from, to respect their confidentiality. This is not our decision to make but we do support it. Please be reassured that regardless of where the patient is from, it is safe to continue with everyday life as normal. Good hygiene is the very best prevention. The patient has been in isolation since they returned to the country. Public Health England has already been in contact with everyone this person has been in contact with. For more information and advice visit http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/coronavirus
Hi Peter, the national figures are currently being updated, once it shows on there it will be classed as confirmed ^CD
You don’t fancy informing the public which area of Kirklees the infected person comes from. Not interested in personal details such as the street or the persons name but an area may help people to be more diligent in their habits?
Why no information about where in Kirklees this new Coronavirus case is located and movements of this person. Kirklees is a big area. How can one take appropriate action without being informed? Therefore I shall just stay inside and spend nothing even though I am in Meltham and was planning to go shopping at Morrison’s in Meltham. If I knew for example that the positive tested person is in say Dewsbury I would not have stayed in. Is it your intention to cultivate fear through lack of information?
What is not clear is this a case of self isolation or hospitalisation. It states ‘presumed’ not confirmed. When will it be it be confirmed if it is a full blown case.