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MILLIONS more have plunged into a tougher lockdown today as eight more areas come under tighter Covid restrictions.
Our map shows the current risk classification of each area in the three-tier system as cases increase across the country and stricter rules are introduced.
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London will plunge into the Level 2 lockdown starting at midnight on Friday, meaning households will be banned from mixing indoors.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock made the announcement Thursday morning after 12 of London’s boroughs exceeded the threshold of 100 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people.
He also confirmed that Essex, Erewash, Elmbridge, North East Derbyshire, Barow in Furness, Chesterfield and York will move to level 2 lockdown starting at midnight tomorrow.
Half of the country’s population is now at Level 2 or 3.
It comes when the Government takes on the leaders of the North, as they want to put Lancashire and Greater Manchester at the most severe level.
Angry meetings were held this morning, but “no conclusion” has yet been decided after city leaders accused No. 10 of “trying to play political games.”
They fear it would be a “hammer blow” to the economy to impose more rules on its residents, while imploring Downing Street to reconsider.
The Health Secretary told the Commons: “Let us have no illusions about the danger posed by this virus. The coronavirus is deadly and is now spreading exponentially in the UK.”
The government announced on Monday, October 12, at what level each part of England is and what rules they will be subject to.
THREE-LEVEL SYSTEM
Most parts of the UK will remain under the current regulations for the “medium” category, which means that the “rule of six” will continue to apply and the 10pm curfew must be observed.
Liverpool was the first area to enter strict Level 3 measures, with all pubs, bars, gambling shops, gyms and casinos closed.
It comes as the prime minister said on October 12 that cases have quadrupled in just three weeks, adding: “These numbers are flashing to us like warnings on the dashboard of an airliner.”
During the Downing Street press conference, Johnson said: “We are entering a crucial new phase in our fight against coronavirus, because the number of cases has quadrupled in four weeks and is spreading once again between the elderly and vulnerable people “. .
“There are already more Covid patients in UK hospitals today than there were on March 23, when the whole country was shut down and deaths are unfortunately on the rise once again.”
Measurements will be constantly monitored with areas reviewed every two weeks and restrictions reviewed every four.
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LEVEL 3 – VERY HIGH RISK
Level 3 includes “very high” risk areas, where coronavirus transmission rates are the greatest concern.
In these areas, homes cannot blend indoors or outdoors, even in pubs and private gardens.
Pubs and bars will close in very high alert areas unless they can operate as a restaurant.
People will also be warned not to travel in and out of the areas.
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Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton are on Level 3, and the measures will go into effect in those areas starting Wednesday, October 14.
He announced that Merseyside will be subject to particularly severe restrictions, with pubs, bars, gyms, leisure centers, casinos and gambling shops closing.
These particular restrictions will not necessarily apply to other Level 3 areas.
However, it is understood that some “high risk” areas could follow Liverpool into a tighter shutdown soon, with Greater Manchester and Lancashire expected to be announced later today.
LEVEL 2 – HIGH RISK
Areas on Level Two, where there is a high risk of coronavirus, are prohibited from mixing with other homes indoors, even in bars.
When you are outside, only two households will be able to mix.
The prime minister said this level reflects interventions in many local areas at the moment and “aims primarily to reduce domestic transmission by prohibiting indoor mixing.”
Current social distancing measures, the “rule of six” outdoors, and the 10pm curfew will continue at this level.
And most of the areas that are currently subject to local restrictions will automatically move to it.
The areas in Level 2 are:
Official statistics show that London’s infection rate, the number of weekly cases per 100,000 people, has doubled in fifteen days.
On October 12, a spokesman for Mayor Sadiq Khan warned: “The Mayor met with London leaders today to review the latest data on the spread of the virus in the city and discuss the Government’s new national alert system.”
“The virus is now spreading very rapidly in all corners of London. The number of cases is increasing rapidly and all the indicators that we are looking at are moving in the wrong direction.”
LEVEL 1 – MEDIUM RISK
Areas at Level 1, where there is a medium risk of contracting the virus, will be subject to current social distancing measures, the “rule of six” and the current 10 pm curfew in bars.
Most of the UK remains in this group, including the capital.
In addition, companies can operate, as long as they are safe from Covid, although the clubs will remain closed.
Schools, universities and places of worship remain open
Weddings and funerals may continue with restrictions on the number of attendees.
LEVELS OF FEAR
Speaking in the Commons on Monday, October 12, Boris Johnson said he did not want to return to another national lockdown, but added that “we cannot allow the virus to spread” through society as the UK enters the next phase of the pandemic. .
He said “we have to go further” when it comes to controlling the error.
He added: “The next few weeks and months will continue to be difficult and will put this country’s metal to the test.
“But I have no doubt that together we will succeed.”
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Johnson added: “The next few weeks and months will continue to be difficult and will test this country’s metal.
“But I have no doubt that together we will succeed.”
Matt Hancock had been briefing local leaders on the new restrictions prior to the announcement of the three tiers.
On the night of October 12, Johnson said Christmas may well be off the table for all Brits.
“All I can say to millions of people wondering: We will do everything we can to make sure life returns to normal,” he said during the Downing Street press conference.
“It will depend on our success in eliminating this virus and our ability as a country to comply with the package of measures.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
“It will mean in the local areas that we have talked about, intensify the measures, but we are going to have to generally enforce social distancing, rules, orientation, ‘hands, face, space’, do a test if you have symptoms, Self isolates if you contact the NHS.
“All those basic things are essential if we want to get out of this and allow people to have something like a normal Christmas.”
‘TO WARM’
Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West and Royton, said: “The call with the Secretary of State confirms that Greater Manchester will be placed on Level 2.
“Household restrictions to meet indoors anywhere, but not outdoors.
“Pubs that serve food stay open.
“Oldham will be removed from his enhanced blocking measures and will finally come in line with Greater Manchester.”
It comes as England’s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said cases are “heating up” in more parts of the country compared to a week ago.
Professor Van-Tam said that other regions are now following the pattern of North West England where the virus moved through age bands, having started to increase among the young at first.
Addressing the rising infection rates in the south of England, he said: “This time the epidemic clearly accelerated in the north of England earlier than it did in the first wave.
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“That almost certainly relates to the fact that disease levels in the north, and certainly in the northwest, never dropped as much in the summer as they did in the south.
“But virtually all areas of the UK are now experiencing an increase in the infection rate.
“This is a national phenomenon now that rates are shifting up across the UK.”
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