First steps on the road to recovery

The national road map to easing and ultimately ending Covid restrictions is very welcome. The pace may be cautious, but steady progress is surely preferable to measures that raise expectations but then have to take a step back or even be reversed. And all the while, the vaccination programme is making rapid progress.

I commented about the four key actions which we’ve tried to focus on in Kent - following the guidelines, symptom free testing (315,000 tests carried out in Kent, more than 2,000 symptom-free people tested positive and so able to self-isolate), contact tracing and enforcement. We’ll continue these actions in the weeks to come. Kent has come a very long way since New Year: from a 7 day figure of 900 cases per 100,000 and a high national outlier to 66.6 per 100,000 and just over half the national average. It’s a huge tribute to what people and communities across Kent have done; if we sustain that, we will stay on the road to recovery.

You can find the KCC press release here.