Minutes:
Shokat Lal, Executive Director Core Service, provided an update in relation to Covid 19. Infection rates in Barnsley and the UK remained high and people were still being admitted and treated in Barnsley Hospital for the infection.
Though local testing had largely stopped, the ONS estimated that 3.8% of the population currently had the infection, around 1 in 25. Members noted that the proportion of infections from the Omicron BA.2 sub variant continued to increase and that this was likely to overtake the original Omicron BA.1 subvariant. Wider guidance indicated that rules were being relaxed. Work locally continued to make the public aware of changes, but to urge caution in the light of the infection rate in Barnsley.
RESOLVED that the update be received.