BORIS Johnson has plunged massive swathes of the nation right into a fourth tier of coronavirus lockdown guidelines.
However which UK areas are affected by the brand new Covid-19 restrictions that got here into pressure on December 20?
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London has been included within the authorities’ Tier 4 coronavirus restrictionsCredit score: AFP or licensors
Which areas are in Tier 4?
All of the boroughs of London, the South East and the East of England which had been beforehand in Tier 3 moved into the new Tier 4, affecting almost 18 million individuals.
All of the capital’s 32 boroughs and the Metropolis of London at the moment are in Tier 4.
Within the East of England, the brand new restrictions apply to Bedford, Central Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough, Hertfordshire and Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring).
The complete record is as follows:
- Kent
- Buckinghamshire
- Berkshire
- Surrey (excluding Waverley)
- The boroughs of Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth, Rother and Hastings
- All 32 London boroughs and the town of London.
- Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough
- Hertfordshire
- Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring).
It has additionally been revealed that more of England will be plunged into the toughest Tier 4 lockdown as soon as Boxing Day.
Ministers and medics met on Tuesday night time after the brand new mutant Covid pressure was detected within the components of the South West, Midlands and the North.
An announcement on which areas face the hardest clampdown may come as early as tomorrow (December 23).
When did Tier 4 restrictions begin
The Tier 4 measures got here into pressure from 00:01am on December 20 and can final for 2 weeks.
Requested what recommendation he would give anyone who had already packed their bag to depart a Tier 4 space for Christmas, Chris Whitty, the federal government’s chief medical advisor, replied: “Please unpack it.”
The restrictions can be reviewed on December 30, however a raft of new areas are expected to join Tier 4 as early as Boxing Day, with an announcement anticipated tomorrow (December 23).
The brand new measures got here amid considerations an increase in an infection charges and considerations {that a} new variant of coronavirus is “spreading quickly” in components of the nation.
What are the principles in Tier 4?
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated restrictions could be “broadly equal to the nationwide restrictions which had been in place in England in November”.
You must stay at home and only leave for a specific purpose or in case you have a “affordable excuse”, he stated.
This consists of going to work if it can’t be carried out from dwelling, purchasing for necessities comparable to meals and drugs, attending schooling or coaching, utilizing registered childcare, outside train and for medical causes.
The complete record of guidelines are:
- Pubs, bars and restaurants will solely have the ability to serve takeaway
- Inns should shut their doorways
- Indoor gyms and leisure centres should shut
- Private care providers and non-essential retail should shut
- Individuals residing in Tier 4 can not bubble with different households over Christmas
- Residents ought to keep at dwelling as a lot as attainable
- Residents mustn’t enter or depart Tier 4 areas until for important causes
- Residents from Tier 4 areas mustn’t keep in a single day in different areas
- They can’t go overseas other than “restricted exceptions” comparable to work
- Individuals ought to do business from home if they will
- Communal worship might proceed
- Weddings and civil partnership ceremonies mustn’t happen besides in distinctive circumstances
There’s a travel ban for anyone living in a Tier 4 area.
Individuals in affected areas have to remain at dwelling and to not journey to different components of the nation, together with for Christmas Day.
The PM has stated the journey ban could be enforced by legislation.
