People in St Ann’s aren’t surprised that the area currently has one of the lowest Covid ratings in the city. Many people who spoke to Nottinghamshire Live said that they are still taking precautions despite government guidelines.
In St Ann’s West, there are currently only 8 cases of Covid. The case rate per 100,000 people is 55.2% as of the seven days to April 16th.
Carol Wilson, 53-years-old, unemployed from St Ann’s spoke about why she thinks the infection rate is currently so low. He said: “It always changes; one week, there’s loads of cases and then the next week, there’s none.
“In the area, I do see a lot of people especially elderly people wearing their masks when on the bus and out and about. People are still being careful.”
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In the UK, it is still advised by the government to wear a mask in crowded places but it is not mandatory. Face masks are still required in health care settings but patients no longer have social distance in healthcare settings. If you test positive for Covid-19, you no longer have to self isolate. It is advised however, to stay at home.
Self-employed Joan Walker, 58, and from St Ann’s spoke out about how she’s still being careful. She said: “I’ve caught Covid twice now so I’m still really careful. I always have two masks on me so I can change it after a few hours and I’ve always got sanitiser on me. I’m not sure why the rate is so low here but I would like to believe it’s because people are being careful.”
Darrel Croft, 66, is retired and lives in Mapperley. Darrel, who spends a lot of time in St Ann’s thinks that people are now just continuing as normal.
He said: “People just have to be careful. If you test positive, don’t go out even if the government says you can and just try and stay safe. I’m glad that the area doesn’t have a high infection rate but that could change at any point really.”
In a previous statement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson in regards to Covid he said: “It is a reminder that this virus has not gone away, but because of the efforts we have made as a country over the past two years we can now deal with it in a very different way, moving from government restrictions to personal responsibility.
"So we protect ourselves without losing our liberties – and maintaining our contingency capabilities so we can respond rapidly to any new variant.”
