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Oris Johnson has announced that England will be under a four-week lockdown starting Thursday.
Nonessential pubs, restaurants, gyms and shops will have to close for four weeks starting Thursday, dealing a major blow to businesses in the run-up to the holiday period.
It comes as the UK has confirmed more than a million cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
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Michael Gove: “The hardest part is the NHS staff shortage”
Michael Gove has admitted that the NHS staff shortage will be the hardest thing the government will face in the coronavirus crisis.
Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr program, the Conservative minister explained that the government could increase capacity in hospitals, but that staff shortages would still be detrimental to the NHS during the second peak.
“We would face the situation on December 4 if we do not act to make the NHS full,” he said.
“Not only was it conventionally filled, but all available spaces and all available corridors were taken. And that would mean that people suffering from other medical conditions like heart attacks and strokes simply cannot be admitted.”
“We will use all available beds. Of course, we can increase the capacity to a certain extent. We can provide more beds and open Nightingale hospitals, but what we cannot do is dramatically increase the number of intensive care nurses, anesthetists and surgeons overnight. That is, by definition, the most difficult. “
Londoners enjoy the last Saturday night before the lockdown, as it turns out that take-out alcohol will also be banned under lockdown
People came to town after it emerged, pubs and restaurants will soon close
Angela Rayner hits Boris Johnson “hesitating and lingering” over the lockdown
Labor Deputy Leader Angela Rayner launched a Twitter tirade against the government for failing to implement a total lockdown when deaths were 11 a day in October.
The Labor leader criticized Michael Gove’s claims that he did not leak the details of the lockdown to the press, forcing the coronavirus press conference scheduled for Monday to be pushed forward until last night.
She added: “A failed incompetent government that has completely lost its way, cannot even trust its own ministers now, these closure measures should have been announced to parliament not leaked to a newspaper, these measures are serious and have serious consequences for many. people.”
Municipal tax increases will pay for TfL’s latest bailout
The bailout, the second for TfL after a £ 1.6bn deal in May, will generate up to £ 1.8bn to boost its revenue until the end of next March, which has plummeted due to reduced use of transport through the pandemic.
Michael Gove: People should not travel abroad unless it is necessary for work or other “critical reasons”
Michael Gove said people should not travel abroad unless it is necessary for work reasons or other “critical reasons.”
He told Andrew Marr: “Sadly, we are saying that when it comes to international travel, of course if international travel is required for work or for other critical reasons, there are legitimate exemptions, but as of Wednesday night, Thursday in the morning, our message is that people should stay home. ”
On schools, Mr. Gove suggested that the government wanted to keep students in classrooms even if it meant extending the lockdown.
“I don’t think that is the case, but I do believe that we want to keep schools open and I believe that the measures we are implementing will allow us to do so.”
Head of the theaters: ‘disappointing’ hit for shows in the run-up to Christmas
Responding to news of a new lockdown on English, Jon Morgan, Director of Theaters Trust, said: “While we understand the absolute need to protect lives at this critical time, Theaters Trust is disappointed that cinemas have to close for another month. during the closure of November.
“Many theaters were just managing to reopen, or were preparing to reopen with Christmas shows, and this news will be a further blow to an already struggling industry.
“We are looking for an urgent clarification on whether the theatrical rehearsals, together with the television and film production, can continue, since without this Christmas the shows would not continue.
“This new setback means that cinemas will need to delay their reopening even further and many will not yet be able to do so in a viable way under the three-tier system.
MP requests exemptions for children under 1 year of age during the confinement
Conservative MP Alicia Kearns is calling on the government to exempt children under the age of one from restrictions on how many people can gather outside.
She wrote on Twitter: “As we prepare for a second lockdown, it is important that we support the new moms. I remember loneliness.
“That is why I ask that children under 1 year of age be exempted from the 2 person outdoor gathering rule, so that two new moms can meet together in the confinement.”
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith accusing Prime Minister of “giving in to scientific advisers”
Keir Starmer Says NHS Test and Trace Issues Should Be Resolved During Lockdown
Sir Keir Starmer said that the Labor Party “will support the Government’s message”, but asked them to solve the problems related to NHS Test and Trace.
The Labor leader told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show: “The government has to live up to its end of the bargain here because if they don’t use this time to fix Test, Trace and Isolate, then I think December 2 will be a revision date is not an end date.
“Because for months and months and months they have promised a first-rate test, trace and isolation system that is vital… it has been broken for months.
“Use the time to fix it because otherwise we will be back in this cycle for months and months and months.”
He added: “They have promised so much and delivered so little.”
