COVID-19 Fallout: England to Be Carved Into Three Lockdown Tiers, Report Says

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COVID-19 Fallout: England to Be Carved Into Three Lockdown Tiers, Report Says

Late last month, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the government couldn’t rule out a full second national lockdown amid an increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the country.

England may be split into three different lockdown tiers next week as part of the British government’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Sky News reports.

Alert Level 2 is expected to be imposed on specific geographical areas or nationally if a rise in coronavirus cases cannot be contained by local authorities.

Sky News cited unnamed sources as saying that tier two-related restrictions would be the same as those currently in place in northeastern England and Merseyside County, where household mixing in homes or gardens, as well as household mixing in hospitality settings are banned.

COVID-19 Fallout: England to Be Carved Into Three Lockdown Tiers, Report Says

A man walks past a signage in Liverpool City Centre as Merseyside remains under lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Liverpool, Britain September 22, 2020

The strictest, Alert Level 3 will reportedly be triggered if measures from the previous level fail to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The sources claimed that pubs, restaurants, and leisure facilities are expected to be closed in those parts of England put under tier three. People living there will reportedly be ordered not to have any social contact with anyone outside their household in any setting.

The claims followed UK media reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a full-fledged Tory war as he considers closing hospitality venues in northern England to tackle the spread of COVID-19, following Scotland’s 16-day ban on drinking indoors in pubs.

He spoke after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in late September that the cabinet is not excluding a full second national lockdown amid the increase in new coronavirus cases in the UK.

Raab stressed that there is “no silver bullet” for dealing with COVID-19, and that the government is learning lessons from what’s happened recently in other European countries, who were successful in curbing a rise in cases.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK has increased to 544,279, with 42,515 fatalities, according to the World Health Organisation’s latest situation report.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

COVID-19 Fallout: England to Be Carved Into Three Lockdown Tiers, Report Says

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