Government escalates Northampton onto 'Area of Intervention' list over Covid-19 infection rates

Government escalates Northampton onto 'Area of Intervention' list over Covid-19 infection rates The Government has escalated Northampton from an 'area of concern' to an 'area of intervention' over its Covid-19 infection rates.

The town has been added to a to the Government's watchlist after the borough's infection rate has risen for the fourth week in a row. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

See also:

• Detailed guide: Northampton: what you can and cannot do Department of Health and Social Care
• Northampton factory at centre of Covid-19 outbreak to temporarily close BBC Northampton
• NHS staff sign up to Covid-19 sniffer dog trial BBC Northampton
• Greencore employees were 'car-sharing with staff from another Northampton workplace that has also had coronavirus outbreak' Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Northampton council leader 'grateful' government has not put town into lockdown but warned more measures could come Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• KGH lands major role in Covid-19 sniffer dog trial Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Recruitment agencies asked to restrict workers in bid to stop Covid-19 transmission Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Kettering bar shuts after worker tests positive for Covid Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Higham Ferrers pub facing action after major breach of social distancing laws Northamptonshire Telegraph