Shielding Letter Wales Extension

However, if your employer has taken the proper measures to ensure social distancing in your workplace, you can go into work.

Shielding letter wales extension. I was late to the shielding party and didn't get my letter until 5 weeks after i'd been isolating then shielding anyway. People who have been shielding from coronavirus in wales will be asked to continue until the middle of august. So i'm shielded until july 22nd.

The gp was very clear that i was to shield for at least 12 weeks from the day he rang me. Please open the documents below for information on the methodology that has been used to identify patients who meet the high risk criteria for contracting coronavirus. In wales, if you can work from home, you should continue to do so.

The 130,000 people who are shielding in wales will receive a letter from the chief medical officer for wales setting out the latest advice to protect them from coronavirus. New wales shielding guidance in place to at least august 16. By nicholas thomas @nthomasargus reporter.

Definition of clinically extremely vulnerable groups If you are clinically extremely vulnerable and require extra support please contact your local authority. Just take the typical extended family groups living together or even couples of working age where one of them is in the shielding group.

Start date may 10, 2020; For more information on work and employment in wales see the government website. Encourage you to download the new protect scotland app to help us stop coronavirus from spreading again

Dr atherton is developing further advice, to apply after june 15 for people shielding in wales. Some people are at high or extremely high risk of becoming severely ill if they catch coronavirus ('clinically vulnerable' or 'clinically extremely vulnerable'). Gps’ review of the central list of people requiring shielding from coronavirus has resulted in 107,000 patients being removed from the list.