Staying alert and staying safe from 4 July
With lockdown now easing we know people will be keen to go out and enjoy themselves. Here are our top 5 tips to make sure you and your family can stay safe while getting on with day to day activities.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Contact tracing complex cases through NHS Test and Trace
Complex cases of COVID-19, such as those linked to care homes, prisons or schools, that are harder to contact trace are referred to PHE health protection teams. Find out how the London team is dealing with complex cases.
COVID-19 and summer temperatures
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Owen Landeg and Extreme Events and Health Protection team, Posted on:
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Coronavirus (COVID-19), Health and Wellbeing
The current COVID-19 pandemic will amplify the health risks from heat. Equally, in the context of the pandemic, we will need to take actions differently to prevent heat related harm to health. Find out more about PHE's heatwave plans for 2020.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): What does a contact tracer do?
Trish Mannes, Deputy Director for Health Protection at PHE and a senior epidemiologist with more than 20 years’ experience in preventing and managing infectious disease outbreaks, gives a personal account of the role of contact tracing.
The community response to coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Jude Stansfield, Tom Mapplethorpe and Jane South, Posted on:
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Community life is essential for health and wellbeing. This blog discusses the roles and activities of communities following the outbreak of COVID-19, and their resilience in the face of new challenges posed by this pandemic.
Places of worship will remain closed for Eid ul-Fitr
Whilst places of worship remain closed and social distancing measures are in place, the celebration of Eid will need to be adapted this year. Staying at home for Eid will help to protect friends and family from coronavirus (COVID-19).
No health without mental health: why this matters now more than ever
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Coronavirus (COVID-19), Health and Wellbeing, Mental health
PHE are leading the work to support the population’s mental health through COVID-19. This blog sets out PHE’s local and national approach to dealing with the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Real-time tracking of the virus
Find out how PHE together with researchers at the University of Cambridge are working to regularly nowcast and forecast COVID-19 infections and deaths.
Rising to the challenge in the Year of the Nurse and Midwife
In this blog Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse at Public Health England, expresses her pride in how the nursing profession is playing a vital role in providing high quality care in the most challenging circumstances.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Using data to track the virus
One of PHE’s core functions is disease surveillance; making sure we have the right information available to us at the right time to inform decisions and actions across the public health system. In this blog we set out PHE's approach to tracking COVID-19.