Work to stop Covid-19 spread in Scarborough borough to be 'intensified'

There is going to be more work to raise awareness about coronavirus and the lockdown in the Borough of Scarborough.

That comes from Richard Webb who is Director of Health and Adult Services at North Yorkshire County Council.

It's as there's been a huge surge in the number of cases.

Richard said:

"Our work in Scarborough has been a major focus this week. We have for some time now actually, since the outbreaks in Whitby some weeks ago, been working very intensively with local communities to prevent and contain the spread of the virus.

"We were successful in Whitby some weeks ago, but that's now more difficult in terms of the rapid spread we've been seeing both in the Staithes and Hinderwell areas, in the Filey area and in Scarborough town.

"We've met with agencies and we've agreed to intensify our action. We're going to be doing much more visible awareness raising, not only about the messages about the lockdown, but also tackling where people are flouting the lockdown.

"We're beginning to see that where people flout the lockdown that has direct consequences for our care homes, for our hospital in Scarborough and it also means the virus is spreading from town to village right along the coast.

"Those people who said it couldn't happen here, it has."