By James Simons-
North Norfolk MP, Duncan Baker wants a travel ban imposed on people from places with a high rate of coronavirus transmission such as Bolton, Manchester and Leicester .
Mr Baker(pictured) is preparing to lobby to bring in the new rule as fears of a second wave of the virus continue to grow.
Norfolk is a popular destination for people from all over the Uk, with Great Yarmouth being one of its popular destinations. Other popular attractions of the city includes the Norwich Cathedral and the Norwich Museum.
However, mr.Baker is eager to prevent an influx of people from high risk areas into the county.
He said: “What we have to come to grips with is that over winter we will see people coming into our area on holiday. That’s really important for the trade we need. But it would be a sensible precaution to put a brake on people from high infection areas that are locked down coming to areas with a low infection rate.”
He added: “It would simplify the rules. If you are in a locked down area you cannot travel outside of it for a holiday. The risk is, that they might be asymptomatic.”
North Norfolk had the second lowest rate in the country, with only one case for every 100,000 residents.
Concerns have also been expressed from Halvergate House in Yarmouth Road, North Walsham, is among the district’s care homes that have remained Covid-free throughout the pandemic.
Caroline Baines, operations manager at its owners, East Anglia Care Homes, said: “In a way we were lucky because were locked down before the rest of the country because of norovirus – the winter vomiting bug.
“We have tried to get a very stable occupancy and we’ve been very careful about who we take.
“Our staff are also very local, so they don’t need to take a lot of public transport, and we also benefit from being very rural.”
Mrs Baines said they would continue to restrict entry to home and conduct weekly staff testing to protect its 38 residents.
“We banned as much footfall through our homes as we could and that will be our strategy going forward,” she said.
Dr Louise Smith, Norfolk County Council’s director of public health, said: “On the whole, the people of Norfolk, our communities and businesses have done a good job of following the advice around washing our hands, keeping our distance and covering our fac