Director of Public Health updates on new cases of COVID-19 in North Yorkshire
Dr Lincoln Sargeant said some of these are linked to testing of care home residents and staff “but we do have small outbreaks from time to time in other settings”.
“For example, we are working with Wensleydale Creamery where they have reported that five colleagues who work within their production area have tested positive for COVID-19,” Dr Sargeant said yesterday (August 5).
“We have provided tests for all members of the production team and are awaiting the results. Measures are in place to contain the spread of the virus. There have been no cases detected at the separate Wensleydale Creamery Visitor Centre which remains fully open.”
In the latest update from the county council, Chief Executive Richard Flinton said: “Our Test and Trace team are working regularly with health colleagues to help manage and close down the small number of outbreaks we are seeing and this approach is very effective here.
“However, we must exercise maximum caution because we can see that the virus continues to wreak havoc on communities where it is able to take hold again. Sadly, a number of our neighbours in the north of England are back in harsher degrees of lockdown and I am aware that this has resulted in some concern here in North Yorkshire.
Please don’t forget our future is in our own hands, literally. So, please wash your hands regularly, carry hand sanitiser and stay at least 2 metres from people not in your household where you can. Where that’s not possible, take additional precautions, like wearing a face covering. Now is not a moment to lose concentration; lives and livelihoods here continue to depend on us all playing our part. Thank you for playing yours.
