Leaders from across Cheshire have formed an “Outbreak Response Co-ordination Group” to combat the continuing threat from Covid-19.
It aims to provide an effective response across all four council areas with the police, NHS, and business leaders.
The new group is made up of the Leaders of Cheshire East Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Halton Council, Warrington Borough Council, the Police and Crime Commissioner, and the Chair of the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership.
It is supported by local public health teams and other key frontline staff across public services.
The group aims to provide a “unified” response in case of virus outbreaks in the county.
That includes collective political leadership, ensuring Cheshire Police can respond, sharing information on local outbreaks and lockdowns, learning from partners’ experiences, sharing how best to respond to outbreaks, protecting the local economy during an outbreak, and cooperating with Merseyside, North Wales, Greater Manchester and West Midlands.
Each council has published an outbreak management plan for their area. Cheshire East Council’s can be found here
Cllr Louise Gittins, chair of the Cheshire Covid-19 Outbreak Response Co-ordination Group, said: “This virus does not recognise local authority boundaries.
“We have a great experience of collaboration between councils and other partners, which is now more important than ever before.
“We are meeting regularly to share information and learning.
“We will help each other tackle outbreaks as they occur, supporting all the organisations and communities working together to defeat this terrible virus.
“Our collective aspiration is to make Cheshire Covid free.”
The group’s leaders called on everyone to play their part in keeping themselves and communities safe.
Protect yourself and your family and friends by getting a coronavirus test if you have symptoms of a persistent cough, fever or loss of taste and smell by calling 119 or visiting nhs.uk/coronavirus
Protect your community by then self-isolating for 14 days if you have symptoms or if alerted to do so by a contact tracer.
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