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Grants available to help Essex residents self-isolate Essex County Council is providing extra funding to city, districts and boroughs in the county to help people who need to self-isolate to stay at home. Because the new variant of COVID-19 is spreading so fast, it is important that everybody asked to self-isolate does so. The £3 million funding is to ensure that those that must stay at home are given the financial means to do so. The £500 grant per resident will be a one-off payment to cover the two-week period of self-isolation. Essex residents who test positive for Covid-19 could be...