There is a lot of media attention around this virus, there is also a large amount of scaring and hysteria attached.
As an employer, we take the health and safety of the team very seriously and will do everything we can to ensure that our team, our members and our partners are not in any way placed in an environment that may put their and others health at risk. We are operating on a business as normal approach.
The facts are 600 people are known to have the virus out of a 65 million population, which highlights the scale of the virus currently. We believe businesses need to work together and do everything possible to support other businesses and where possible we need to take a sensible but business as normal approach. We have seen a fall in the stock market and businesses are reporting anything from 20-30% down turn in customers and bookings, this will cause many business years of harm.
Our team have been given the following information
Signs and symptoms of COVID-19
The following symptoms may develop in the 14 days after exposure to someone who has COVID-19 infection:
- cough
- difficulty in breathing
- fever
Generally, these infections can cause more severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems, older people, and those with long-term conditions like diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease.
How COVID-19 is spread
From what is known about other coronaviruses, spread of COVID-19 is most likely to happen when there is close contact (within 2 metres or less) with an infected person. It is likely that the risk increases the longer someone has close contact with an infected person.
Respiratory secretions produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes containing the virus are most likely to be the main means of transmission.
There are 2 main routes by which people can spread COVID-19:
- infection can be spread to people who are nearby (within 2 metres) or possibly could be inhaled into the lungs.
- it is also possible that someone may become infected by touching a surface, object or the hand of an infected person that has been contaminated with respiratory secretions and then touching their own mouth, nose, or eyes (such as touching door knob or shaking hands then touching own face)
There is currently little evidence that people who are without symptoms are infectious to others.
PREVENTING CONTAMINATION
Currently we will continue running our events but need to minimise the risk of spreading the infection as there is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The best way to prevent infection is to avoid being exposed to the virus.
Public Health England (PHE) recommends that the following general cold and flu precautions are taken to help you from catching and spreading COVID-19, we strongly advise
