Coronavirus

From today (16th August), people in England who are fully vaccinated will not need to self-isolate after close contact with someone who has Covid-19.

Organisations with 10 or more employees can sign up for asymptomatic workplace testing in a drive to identify emerging covid-19 cases and break chains of transmission. Organisations can adopt a Lateral Flow Device collection model to distribute among workers or implement an asymptomatic test site in the workplace.

From Monday the 9 th of August most remaining restrictions will be lifted in Scotland including limits on number of people who can meet up and social distancing rules in most settings. Please note a number of mitigations will remain in place including;

As from today most COVID-19 restrictions in England will come to an end.

The Institute of Occupational Medicine and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are conducting a Covid-19 at work study and as part of the study have prepared a 10 minute survey and is inviting individual food sector companies to complete the online survey.

Following discussions with Defra, AIC can confirm that employers will now be able to offer their employees regular free rapid testing that can be taken from home.

A reminder to members that the Government is providing employers with free test kits for employees.

Yesterday, the Government announced a 'Roadmap' as part of a new four-stage plan to ease Covid-19 lock down restrictions in England.

As announced last night by the Prime Minister, England will enter another national lockdown from tomorrow (6th January).

Haulier advice site locations | Find sites where HGV drivers can get free COVID tests and border readiness checks before transporting goods to the EU.

Travel between Wales, Scotland and England | As members will be aware, the Government has announced that England will have new Tier 4 areas, in response to a new strain of Covid.

HSE are checking businesses in the transport sector are COVID-secure. Amongst other things they will also be ensuring that visiting drivers are provided with access to suitable toilet facilities.

Summary | On Monday 23rd November, the Prime Minister announced the government’s Covid-19 Winter Plan, outlining the end of national restrictions, with England returning to local tiers.

Following on from the announcement made in Briefing G20-124 of the return to remote auditing across AIC Trade Assurance Schemes, AIC can confirm that this approach will continue for the foreseeable future under the various restrictions across the UK and Ireland.