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| Covid: Northamptonshire hospitals limit visits and reintroduce facemasks | Covid: Northamptonshire hospitals limit visits and reintroduce facemasks |
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| Hospital visitors are being asked to wear facemasks and limit their time on wards to help prevent the spread of Covid, two NHS trusts said. | Hospital visitors are being asked to wear facemasks and limit their time on wards to help prevent the spread of Covid, two NHS trusts said. |
| Kettering and Northampton general hospitals, in Northamptonshire, have made facemasks mandatory for all visitors to wards and clinical areas. | Kettering and Northampton general hospitals, in Northamptonshire, have made facemasks mandatory for all visitors to wards and clinical areas. |
| Visiting inpatients has been restricted to one visitor for one hour a day. | Visiting inpatients has been restricted to one visitor for one hour a day. |
| The changes follow an increase in Covid cases in hospital and in the community, both trusts added. | The changes follow an increase in Covid cases in hospital and in the community, both trusts added. |
| The guidance follows a rise in coronavirus infections across the UK. | The guidance follows a rise in coronavirus infections across the UK. |
| More on rising Covid cases: | More on rising Covid cases: |
| 'It's too simple to say it is all about children' | 'It's too simple to say it is all about children' |
| Pupils with suspected Covid urged to stay at home | Pupils with suspected Covid urged to stay at home |
| Covid is rising again - should we worry? | Covid is rising again - should we worry? |
| Visiting restrictions differed for child patients and the neo-natal and maternity wards. | Visiting restrictions differed for child patients and the neo-natal and maternity wards. |
| "Reasonable adjustments" would be put in place for patients with additional needs such as dementia and learning disabilities, the trusts added. | "Reasonable adjustments" would be put in place for patients with additional needs such as dementia and learning disabilities, the trusts added. |
| Where possible, outpatients should not bring another person with them to an appointment or to accident and emergency, the hospitals said. | Where possible, outpatients should not bring another person with them to an appointment or to accident and emergency, the hospitals said. |
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