By Public urged to ‘carry on keeping safe and get vaccinated’
As restrictions relax, North East Lincolnshire Council is urging people to “carry on keeping safe and getting vaccinated.”
Data released earlier this week shows that the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in hospital in the area is increasing.
22 people are currently in Diana Princess of Wales hospital with COVID-19, 2 are in intensive care. Sadly, 3 more people are reported have died from COVID, bringing the death toll in North East Lincolnshire to 359.
However, the uptake of the vaccine is breaking the chain between infection and very serious illness, according to a spokesperson for the council.
The authority is now urging people to utilise vaccination drop-in centres, or to make an appointment.
Geoff Barnes, Deputy Director for Public Health at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: “In our area we are seeing the highest covid rates we’ve ever experienced in this area. We need to remain extremely cautious going forwards. We need to get our numbers down and get the virus under control quickly.
“We’ve had a perfect storm with the arrival of the Delta variant at the start of June, popularity in the resort, and the football.
“Things have come to together and overall, right from the start, we had fairly low rates so a lot of people hadn’t been exposed to the virus.
“In our area we don’t want to see people stop wearing face coverings in public spaces.
“I would strongly encourage people to go on wearing masks. It’s part of your public responsibility to protect others and I want people to carry on wearing them in our area.
“It will be difficult for people to continue to resist the temptation to throw off all the restrictions and go back to how things used to be, but the reality is that the virus is still here, hospital cases are now rising and we need to keep doing those very small things that actually require very little effort but can save someone from falling very ill, ending up in hospital or worse.”
A number of drop-in clinics are scheduled to take place in Grimsby. The details are as follows:
Saturday 24 July between 8.30am and 4pm at Open Door, Albion Street, Grimsby, DN32 7DL
Saturday 24 July 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, Drugs4Delivery, Acorn Business Park, Unit 4, Moss Rd, Grimsby DN32 0LT
Thursday 29 July between 9am and 4pm at Open Door, Albion Street, Grimsby, DN32 7DL
Friday 30 July between 8.30am and 4pm at Open Door, Albion Street, Grimsby, DN32 7DL
