Haringey coronavirus (COVID-19) updates
Haringey has enlisted the help of ‘Super Jab’ to keep the community safe
This week we launched an animation called 'A day in the life of Jab,' featuring Haringey’s new superhero. The animation follows Jab’s journey from his creation in a laboratory, through to his role in protecting Aunty Jini from the Coronavirus and enabling Haringey to get back to normal.
The video demonstrates the important role that vaccines play in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19, and touches on some important topics such as safety, speed of delivery, and effectiveness.
To enable Jab to reach as many people as possible, subtitled versions of the animation are also available in Polish, Spanish, Greek, Somali and Turkish. These can all be found on our COVID-19 vaccine video messages page.
For more information about the COVID-19 vaccines visit our Vaccines and Vaccinations page.
Note for iPhone users and Youtube. There is a known bug with iOS and Youtube, Two buttons are read before the player but provide no functionality. We advise that you skip these to access the content.
COVID-19 vaccinations being rolled out to 56-59 year olds
On the weekend (6 March), people aged 56 to 59 years began receiving invitations for COVID-19 vaccinations. People in this group do not need to wait for a letter from the NHS and can book their vaccination appointment online at www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination (external link) or by calling 119 for free.
More than 19 million people in England have now received their first jab. The NHS is continuing to follow the official advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and is vaccinating those most at risk first, and those who work closest with them.
For more information about the COVID-19 vaccination programme please visit GOV.UK (external link).
New walk-in COVID test centre opens in Tottenham
Haringey is set to expand rapid Lateral Flow Device (LTD) testing capacity, for those not showing any signs of having the virus, with the addition of a new site in Tottenham Green Leisure Centre opening on Monday 8 March.
Residents across the borough have worked so hard to contain the spread of the virus and the addition of this new testing centre will only help as we look to contain the number of positive cases.
The new facility at Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, open between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, will bring the total number of rapid testing centres across the borough to four and improve access to rapid testing for residents living in the east of the borough.
Opening hours for the four lateral flow test centres will be as follows:
Tottenham Green Leisure Centre: Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm
Wood Green: Monday – Friday, 11am to 7pm
Tottenham Community Sports Centre: Monday – Friday, 8am to 4pm
Alexandra Palace: Saturday – Wednesday 10am to 6pm
The new centre opens as schools return to face-to-face teaching on 8 March. In line with this, the Government is expanding twice-weekly LTD testing, to all households with primary, secondary and college age children and young people, including childcare and support bubbles. This is to help find more Covid-19 cases and break chains of transmission.
Twice-weekly testing will also be offered to adults working in the wider school community, including bus drivers and after school club leaders. As with student testing, this is encouraged but not mandatory.
About one in three people with coronavirus do not have symptoms but can still pass it on to others. Regular testing can help stop this transmission. Hundreds of positive COVID-19 cases have already been detected using lateral flow testing in Haringey. The tests are free, no appointment is needed, and you get a result 30 minutes after taking the test.
Find your nearest rapid test centre.
The expanded regular testing offer for people without symptoms will also be delivered through:
- Testing in-person via workplace testing
- A new home ordering service, enabling people to order lateral flow tests online, to their home.
- A new collection service, starting with local PCR test site during specific test collection time windows.
Will Maimaris, Haringey’s Director of Public Health, said:
“Lateral flow testing is a crucial part of the country’s strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 as we emerge out of lockdown and the opening of our fourth walk-in lateral flow test centre is welcome news, particularly for those who live in the east of the borough.
“One in three people who have Covid-19 don’t know they have it, but they can still pass it on to other people, who may fall very ill.
“Since the start of the current national lockdown, frontline and critical workers have been a priority for lateral flow testing, but as schools resume face to face learning, we now ask that school communities and families of pupils and staff also get tested. It is only through widespread testing and isolating positive cases that we can stop the spread of the virus and everyone must play their part.
“If you are a low-income worker who tests positive, there is up to £500 available from the self-isolation support payment to help.
“To date we have done 17,839 tests in total through our rapid testing centres, of which 286 have been positive. This is showing an overall positive rate of 1.6%. That means 286 people who unknowingly had Covid-19, have gone into isolation and as a result are not spreading it in their communities.
“So, I’d like to urge anyone who has to leave home for work or those connected to school children and school staff, to get tested at least once, if not twice a week - it will make a big difference.”
- More information on how to get tested in Haringey as well as support and advice
See also case numbers and rates, health advice - including tests and vaccines, Council service updates, financial and other support for residents, business support, how you can help and COVID scams and misinformation.
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