MILLIONS of Brits are already residing below tightened coronavirus restrictions after the federal government introduced a brand new Tier 4 final week.
However which areas of the nation have gone into Tier 4 on Boxing Day? Here is what that you must know.
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Tens of millions of Brits are at the moment below Tier 4 restrictionsCredit score: London Information Photos
Which areas are in Tier 4?
All of the boroughs of London, the South East and the East of England which have been beforehand in Tier 3 moved into Tier 4 on December 20, 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, present restrictions apply to Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough, Hertfordshire and Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring).
On December 23, Matt Hancock announced a raft of new areas would be plunged into the toughest restrictions from Boxing Day (December 26).
These areas embody Sussex, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, elements of Essex not already in Tier 4, Waverley, and Hampshire.
The unique record is as follows:
- Kent
- Buckinghamshire
- Berkshire
- Surrey (excluding Waverley)
- The boroughs of Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth, Hastings and Rother
- All 32 London boroughs and town of London.
- Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough
- Hertfordshire
- Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring).
These areas joined Tier 4 on Boxing Day:
- Brighton and Hove
- Oxfordshire
- Norfolk
- Cambridgeshire
- These elements of Essex not but in Tier 4
- Waverley
- Southampton
- Suffolk
- Hampshire
- West Sussex
- These elements of East Sussex not already listed above
When did Tier 4 restrictions begin?
The unique Tier 4 measures got here into drive from 00:01am on December 20.
They’re set to stay in place for 2 weeks, with the primary evaluate on December 30.
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 elements of the nation.
Requested what recommendation he would give any individual 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.”
What are the foundations in Tier 4?
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated restrictions can be “broadly equal to the nationwide restrictions which have been in place in England in November”.
You must stay at home and only leave for a specific purpose or when you have a “affordable excuse”, he stated.
This contains going to work if it can’t be carried out from residence, purchasing for necessities reminiscent of meals and drugs, attending training or coaching, utilizing registered childcare, out of doors train and for medical causes.
The complete record of guidelines are:
- Pubs, bars and restaurants will solely be capable to serve takeaway
- Motels should shut their doorways
- Indoor gyms and leisure centres should shut
- Private care companies and non-essential retail should shut
- Folks residing in Tier 4 can’t bubble with different households over Christmas
- Residents ought to keep at residence as a lot as potential
- Residents shouldn’t enter or go away Tier 4 areas until for important causes
- Residents from Tier 4 areas shouldn’t keep in a single day in different areas
- They can’t go overseas other than “restricted exceptions” reminiscent of work
- Folks ought to earn a living from home if they will
- Communal worship might proceed
- Weddings and civil partnership ceremonies shouldn’t happen besides in distinctive circumstances
There’s a travel ban for anyone living in a Tier 4 area.
Folks in affected areas have to remain at residence and never journey to different elements of the nation, together with for Christmas Day.
The PM has stated the journey ban can be enforced by legislation.
