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# Health bosses urge people in Lichfield and Burntwood to follow new coronavirus self-isolation guidelines
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/health-bosses-urge-people-in-lichfield-and-burntwood-to-follow-new-coronavirus-self-isolation-guidelines/
- Published: 2020-07-31T06:51:32.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-31T06:52:12.000Z
- Description: Health bosses in Staffordshire are urging Lichfield and Burntwood residents to make sure residents to make sure they follow new coronavirus guidance on self-isolation.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Health, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

Health bosses in Staffordshire are urging Lichfield and Burntwood residents to make sure residents to make sure they follow new coronavirus guidance on self-isolation.

The Government has confirmed that people displaying COVID-19 symptoms will now need to self-isolate for ten days.

The figure had previously been seven days.

Dr Richard Harling, Staffordshire County Council’s director of health and care said:

> “From now on anyone who shows symptoms such as a new continuous cough, a high temperature, or a loss of taste or smell, should self-isolate for 10 days.  
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> “We’re learning about this virus all the time and evidence shows there is a possibility that some people can still be infectious between seven and nine days of falling ill.  
>  
> “We’ve already seen in Staffordshire that relaxed vigilance about hygiene and social distancing can lead to more transmissions and I would urge anyone who thinks they are ill to follow the guidance.”  
>  
> Dr Richard Harling