Shielding
Published on Monday 20 September 2021 at 2:20 pm
The government has announced an official end of its shielding programme, established in March 2020 to protect Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) people during the Covid pandemic.
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Published on Thursday 18 March 2021 at 11:56 am
The government has updated its advice to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) people who have been shielding.
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Published on Wednesday 17 February 2021 at 2:45 pm
More people in Blackburn with Darwen are being advised to shield, following a change to the model the government uses to calculate vulnerability to Coronavirus.
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Published on Friday 27 November 2020 at 3:25 pm
As the whole of Lancashire reverts to Tier 3 restrictions from Wednesday 2 December, the government is issuing updated advice to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people.
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Published on Wednesday 4 November 2020 at 6:45 pm
The government has issued new advice to people who were previously told to ‘shield’ as the second national lockdown starts tomorrow, Thursday 5 November.
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Published on Friday 16 October 2020 at 6:28 pm
As the whole of Lancashire becomes a Tier 3 area from Saturday 17 October, the advice for people who were previously shielding has been updated.
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Published on Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 9:05 pm
The Government has released new guidance for people shielding tailored to the new local covid alert levels.
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Published on Monday 5 October 2020 at 3:52 pm
From today advice is changing for residents of Blackburn with Darwen who have been shielding.
Monday 5 October is the day that shielding is paused for people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable in the eight areas of the borough that have been subject to tighter restrictions.
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Published on Wednesday 26 August 2020 at 10:26 am
Clinically extremely vulnerable patients in all of Blackburn with Darwen who are currently on the Shielded Patient List are advised to continue to stay at home until September 7th.
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Published on Wednesday 19 August 2020 at 1:34 pm
Clinically extremely vulnerable patients in Blackburn with Darwen who are currently on the Shielded Patient List are advised to continue to stay at home until September 7th.
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