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England’s coronavirus tiers system won’t be lifted until Easter Monday, according to reports.
The three-tier system will place millions under strict measures to replace the nationwide lockdown starting December 2.
Boris Johnson’s “winter plan” was expected to go into effect in early spring.
But a government source is quoted in The Sun as saying that the measures could last longer.
They said: “Boris will not tolerate hospitals overflowing as they did in Italy.
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“We also can’t get to the stage where we have to cancel operations and treatments. In all likelihood, the levels have to stay.”
The prime minister is said to be hopeful that waiting until the Covid-10 ‘winter spike’ has subsided will give his government time to curb the bases in the coming months.
There is speculation tonight with an end date of April 5 despite hopes that a vaccine rollout is imminent.
Vaccinators have reportedly been put on hold to begin delivering the jab to priority recipients within days.
But the Prime Minister is facing a conservative riot over the restrictions, as millions across the country are placed at even higher levels than before the shutdown.
Anger has grown this week as it was revealed that there are more areas in the new revised levels 2 and 3 than before the second national shutdown.
Vast swaths of northern England are again engulfed in the blockade.
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Liverpool was one of the few regions that previously underwent stricter measures that were downgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 2.
Testing is expected to intensify in more areas during the winter months after tests in the city were shown to reduce spread rates.
The UK’s ‘R’ transmission rate has fallen below 1 for the first time since August, raising hopes that it will buy more time from the hard-pressed healthcare service as the virus escalates.
However, there is a fear that mixing over Christmas will increase the spread again.
The government is relaxing the rules to allow exclusive “bubbles” during Christmas for five days.
But officials have warned people to carefully consider whether it is worth putting vulnerable family members at risk.
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