An emergency response group set up by the Isle of Wight Council at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been disbanded.
The Local Outbreak Engagement Board (LOEB) was set up in 2020 to be the public face of the council during its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, after not meeting for more than a year, it is ‘no longer required’, the Council has said.
It gave updates on case numbers, any potential outbreaks in the community and reassurance from the director of public health, council leader and other senior officials, but it has been stood down, like many of the emergency response arrangements that were set up at the height of the pandemic, a council spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said other authorities have also taken the same steps.
The monitoring and response to COVID-19 on the Island is continuing, regardless of the board, they said. They have been fully integrated into the ‘business as usual’ function of the public health team, the spokesperson said.
Moving forward, any necessary decisions can be dealt with by the leader of the council or by cabinet.
The Health Protection Board, chaired by the director of public health, which meets every 3 months to review incidents on the Island.
If it is deemed necessary, senior board members may escalate risks or issues in their organisation.
About time.
Who is now dealing with the excess Deaths that are sadly taking place over the last 2 years+
The Government have had to increase their 4 members of staff to 80 members of staff to deal with Vaccine injuries and that is oven ready truth
We all know COVID was a load of nonsense anyway. A very weak variety of the common flu. Thankfully it has suddenly disappeared..
Thanks for that the great virologist “Jonathan Dimwit”. Sadly, you lack any grip on reality. Ta ta.
Until Mr Gates dreams up the next one, coming to a Town near everyone soon
dower house surgery still thinks its rife obv….redik automated covid excuse recording at the start of a call …update plebs…an empty waiting room still when i did a sit n wait…a phone appointment that i was told too wait a MONTH for….barely any face too face yet long waits on phone appointments? so wth are they doing lazy sods?
One could be forgiven for thinking a sinister agenda has been instigated ?
Doctors were only interested when they were administering the jabs
£15 a jab they were paid.
Took the Council a year to figure out the group could be disbanded – just in time for the annual pay rise. Where any tax payers money is involved this Council needs to buck up their ideas and actions.