{"id":13871,"date":"2020-03-09T14:19:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T14:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verwoodtoday.co.uk\/?p=13871"},"modified":"2020-03-14T20:26:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T20:26:59","slug":"three-residents-from-dorset-confirmed-to-have-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/2020\/03\/three-residents-from-dorset-confirmed-to-have-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Three residents from Dorset area confirmed to have COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Medical Officer today has confirmed that three residents from the Dorset area have been confirmed as having contracted Coronavirus COVID-19.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Professor Debra Lapthorne Centre Director, Public Health England South West said: \u201cPublic Health England is contacting people who had close contact with three of the latest confirmed cases of COVID-19. One acquired the virus through a case outside of the county and the other two following overseas travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClose contacts with these individuals will be given health advice about symptoms and emergency contact details to use if they become unwell in the 14 days after contact with the confirmed cases. This tried and tested method will ensure we are able to minimise any risk to them and the wider public.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sam Crowe Coronavirus statement\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5vMRZbdtlC0?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have not been contacted by Public Health England as a close contact of a confirmed case you do not need to take any action at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam Crowe, Director of Public Health for Dorset and BCP Councils said: \u201cI\u2019d like to reassure people that the risk to the general public remains low and that we are working with our NHS colleagues to do everything we can to stop the virus spreading and make sure the people of Dorset are protected as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood hygiene is the best prevention and there are some simple steps you can take to protect you and your family by washing your hands regularly and thoroughly and if you cough, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have recently been to one of the affected areas and are feeling unwell, you should use the NHS 111 online coronavirus service or call NHS 111 for further advice straight away \u2013 please don\u2019t go to your doctor or a hospital. There\u2019s lots of advice on how people can protect themselves online at www.nhs.uk\/coronavirus\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5vMRZbdtlC0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> from Sam Crowe, Director for Public Health Dorset and BCP Councils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Medical Officer today has confirmed that three residents from the Dorset area have been confirmed as having contracted Coronavirus COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3766,"featured_media":13872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-13871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dorset","tag-coronavirus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3766"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13871"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14066,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871\/revisions\/14066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}