Department of Health and Social Care

Covid-19 testing station at City Hospital in Birmingham

Council secures more testing kits for Birmingham COVID hotspots

Staff ReporterJuly 8, 2021July 11, 202101 mins

Birmingham City Council has secured almost 30,000 additional lateral flow testing kits following a successful door-to-door operation in COVID hotspots across the city. Three quarters of the 80,000 rapid testing kits supplied by the Department of Health and Social Care when Birmingham became an area of enhanced support on 14 June have now been distributed…

Birmingham has been placed on a national government coronavirus watchlist

Birmingham City Council responds after city placed on national coronavirus “watch list”

Staff ReporterAugust 21, 2020September 10, 202001 mins

Birmingham City Council has responded after it was announced the city has been placed on the national COVID-19 “watch list” following a spike in coronavirus cases. Local leaders have announced a commitment to monitoring health and safety developments in the city following Birmingham being added to this week’s government watch list as an ‘area of enhanced support’.