Protecting the city against coronavirus has always been a collective effort

Hull’s director of Public Health, Julia Weldon praises Hull's business sector

JULIA WELDON, Hull’s director of Public Health, has spoken of her admiration for the city’s business sector, praising its cooperation and response to the coronavirus pandemic.

She has also urged businesses to contact Hull City Council quickly if they are made aware of positive or suspected coronavirus cases.

Ms Weldon said: “From the very start of the pandemic, Hull’s business community has shown incredible understanding and responsibility, with businesses from across all sectors engaging with public health officers to put in place practices to protect staff, customers and businesses.

“Protecting the city against coronavirus has always been a collective effort. It’s vital that when businesses are made aware of confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases that they contact Hull City Council immediately so that together we can limit the spread of transmission and limit the impact on a business.”

“The aim is to have in place an early identification and response process to aid the gathering of local intelligence on the virus and to reduce the likelihood or impact of potential local outbreaks or clusters. This is very important in protecting businesses, employees and the wider community.”

Businesses are urged to promptly report suspected or confirmed cases to Hull City Council’s Public Protection Team by sending an e-mail to FoodandHealth&Safety@hullcc.gov.uk

They should include a named contact and telephone number if that is how they prefer to be contacted.

Once a business has reported a case/cases, public health officers will make contact and help mitigate the risks to the business, with the minimum amount of disruption to essential business operations.

Government guidance for businesses is available on a number of easy to use Action Cards which can be obtained by visiting www.gov.uk. There are a range of Action Cards for different businesses.