Everything Boris Johnson could announce while facilitating the lockdown for Christmas

Boris Johnson is organizing a meeting of his best team today, the aim of which is to approve new rules to get out of England’s second national blockade on December 2.

Different areas will be immersed in a reinforced regime of regional restrictions, and a few days of rest are expected during the festive period so that families can reunite.

Most of the country is expected to be banned from mixing indoors with other homes until March, when ministers hope a vaccination program is nearing completion.

But the government is desperate for relatives to be able to see each other for three to five days at Christmas.

The prime minister is expected to release details in the Commons on Monday.

So this is what we hope to learn tomorrow.

What could happen at Christmas?

The ministers are doing their best to say that it will not be a normal Christmas, but steps are being taken so that people can see the family.

Several households, potentially three, could be allowed to create a bubble temporarily between December 22-28, and the plans cover all four nations of the UK, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The plans are being approved by the Cabinet and delegated assemblies on Sunday.

Restrictions on religious services will also be removed, allowing Christmas Day services to take place, according to the newspaper.

What will happen on December 2?

Boris Johnson is ready to declare that the second national lockdown has been successful enough to end on December 2.

This is partly due to improving statistics and partly because conservative MPs in the background will put the prime minister on their naughty list if he tries to extend the national lockdown further.

The government has emphasized that it wants England to come out of its four-week lockdown on December 2.

This is your legal end point, and any extension requires a vote in Parliament.

Will we go back to the levels and how will they be changed?

Johnson announced the original three-tier strategy in October, dividing different areas of England into medium, high and very high alert levels.

The “Covid winter plan” is expected to place more areas at the higher levels to keep the virus in check and ensure no further restrictions are needed, No. 10 said.

And although some local measures will be the same as those of the previous system, some levels will be strengthened to safeguard the achievements obtained during the national closure.

When will the new system be introduced

The national lockdown in England will end on December 2, so it will be necessary to extend it or implement a new system to replace it.

Then, ministers will establish at what level each area will be located on Thursday and parliamentarians are expected to get the vote to approve the new system in the days prior to its entry into force.

How long will the new system last?

The Government is optimistic that restrictions can be phased out in the lead up to spring, provided the vaccines are approved by regulators, allowing a plan for rollout to begin next month before a further program. broad in the new year.

But since no vaccines have been approved, it is not yet clear exactly when implementation can begin.

So we probably won’t get a firm answer on exactly how long these restrictions will last.

Stores will probably reopen

Under the restrictions expected to be announced Monday, nonessential stores will be able to reopen in most circumstances when the closure ends on December 2.

The end of the curfew in pubs and restaurants

Rishi Sunak has given the strongest suggestion so far that it’s the last orders for the pub curfew at 10pm when Boris Johnson unveils the next lockdown stage.

The Chancellor said the government will review the 10 pm curfew for pubs and restaurants, which was in effect before the national restrictions were reintroduced.

He told BBC’s Andrew Marr: “It’s definitely something we’re looking at and I think, like I said, one of the things we’ve been able to do as we’ve learned is to get data, see what works, and see where we can improve things.

“I think it’s probably fair to say that when we introduced curfew, that was something that was common with many other countries and cities around the world.

“As we learn more, we have opportunities to search and refine things, and that’s one of the things on our list.”

The prime minister is expected to say that while the last orders must be placed by 10 p.m., people will have an extra hour to finish their food and drink and the opening hours will be extended until 11 p.m.

What is not known is whether it will end up universally at all levels or whether the hardened level system can see the areas with the most infections forced to keep pubs and restaurants closed.

There could be so-called ‘freedom passes’

Britons who have two negative coronavirus tests a week could receive a ‘freedom pass’ allowing them to live as normal a life as possible, according to reports.

Whitehall officials are said to be developing the plan to try to get the country back to normal next year.

People found to be free of Covid will be given a document accessed on their phone that allows them to move freely, according to the proposed plan that has not yet received the green light.

Regular tests would be needed to qualify for the ‘certificates’ which could see that those with freedom passes no longer need to wear face covers in public spaces.

But for the plan to work, the government should be able to run millions of tests a day.

What were the restrictions on the levels before?

Areas at the first level, medium alert, were subject to the same national measures that were in effect at the time throughout the country, including a 10 p.m. curfew for pubs and restaurants and a ban on most gatherings. of more than six people.

At the second level, high alert, domestic mixing was prohibited indoors, while the rule of six continued to apply outdoors.

Level 3 – very high alert – prohibited social mixing both indoors and in private gardens, while pubs and bars were to close unless they could function as a restaurant.

Local leaders needed to help determine whether other venues, such as gyms or casinos, should be closed in very high-alert areas.

But the system was criticized for not being strong enough to reduce the spread of the virus.

Did the tier system work?

There have been some indications that the system helped in some parts of the country.

Dr Susan Hopkins, England’s Director of Public Health who advises the government’s response to the coronavirus, recently said Level 1 restrictions had “very little effect”, Level 2 varied between areas and Level 3, especially the ” Level 3 plus, “had reduced the number of cases in the Northwest.

He said the government might have to think about “strengthening” the levels “in order to get through the winter months.”

Experts from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modeling Group (SPI-M), which advises the government, believe that infections will increase at the same rate as before if the same three-tier system is restored in December.