boltonbonce wrote:Stricter restrictions coming into play tomorrow across Merseyside. If it includes Warrington, it looks as though I'll have to cancel my dental appointment in Walkden on Tuesday.
Travelling outside of the area would probably get me a fine. I'll have to check the full details tomorrow.
Not that is of any help but the Wirral is in Merseyside but according to todays stats is BELOW Warrington which as you know isn't in Merseyside!
The common sense thing to do would be to either apply sanctions to Merseyside but not the Wirral OR Merseyside AND Warrington -
Apparently new local lockdown rules for England are due be announced on Monday.
In Merseyside, alongside the closure of pubs and restaurants, travel will be limited into and out of the area for school, work, or
transit only.
People from outside Merseyside will not be allowed to stay overnight, but it is expected that leisure facilities can stay open.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54499963transit
/ˈtranzɪt,ˈtrɑːnzɪt,ˈtransɪt/
noun
1.
the carrying of people or things from one place to another.
Now having myself been part way through treatment at the dentist prior to the initial national lockdown and have yet to go back and have it completed I would suggest if your appointment is only for a check up, then don't go but if it is the final treatment DO go on the basis that you have kept to all the rules, you are certain you are not positive and it could be a very long time before you see your dentist again and intermittent tooth ache for several months is no fun.
If people can go to Barnard Castle to get their eyes checked out then is going to Walkden to get your teeth checked out any different in the scheme of things?
Although two wrongs do not make a right of course.
There is another factor to take into consideration also, in that Walkden comes under Salford which has a higher current level of positive cases than Warrington and such you may pose no threat to Walkden but Walkden may pose a threat to you!
Fwiw I've just looked up the latest seven day cases (1st to 7th Oct)which for Walkden are
- Walkden South - 38
- Walkden North East - 31
- Walkden North West - 13
And for Warrington -
Culcheth West and Chapelforth seems to be your hot-spots at 45 and 41 respectively, Central Warrington 39 but most of the rest of the
rest of your wards being in the 20's.
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/cases