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Bristol has ‘enhanced plan’ to deal with Tier 3 challenges
Bristol’s director of public health says that numerous plans of action have been put in place to cope with the rising number of coronavirus cases in the city.
Christina Gray said that an enhanced plan will see the city council take on additional contact tracing work, as well as more Covid marshals working with police and “ratcheting up our enforcement action”.
It seems likely that the number of fixed penalty notices given to people and businesses not following the latest guidelines will also increase.
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Within parts of the city which have a high number of cases, ‘neighbourhood tasking groups’ will “understand what’s going on in the areas from their perspective and get the messages out”.
Gray spoke to Bristol24/7 outside City Hall on Thursday just hours after the government announced that Bristol would be placed in Tier 3 after the second national lockdown.
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees also spoke to Bristol24/7, emphasising the challenges ahead for the city.
“It’s a really big challenge to our economy,” said Rees. “23,000 jobs in hospitality we think are going to be really challenged by that.”
He added: “We have to trust the science. At the moment with the national advisers, this is what’s necessary to get the virus under control.”
Rees mentioned a recent conversation he and other mayors have had with Excluded UK. “There are a large number of businesses from Bristol and across the South West who are falling through the cracks…
“We urgently need government to talk to us and come with us on this journey, and just how we keep businesses, jobs and livelihoods going.”
Main photo: Martin Booth
Read more: Bristol to go into Tier 3 post-lockdown
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