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Prepare for ‘postcode lockdowns’: Minister Helen Whately hints there WILL be rules imposed on localised areas to stop spread of Covid variants when national curbs are eased – but care homes could be back open for visits in WEEKS thanks to vaccine drive Government considering using postcode lockdowns when national curbs eased Would see localised … Read more
The news comes as a body blow to a country that is reeling and surely can not take much more. Despite the success of the vaccine programme, which will see all vulnerable people protected against Covid-19 in a month, it seems lockdown will largely continue until July. Restaurants and churches possibly still closed. Travel impossible. … Read more
Tough crackdowns on travellers entering the UK squeezed airline stocks yesterday. In a bid to halt the spread of new and possibly more dangerous Covid variants, UK residents returning from 33 ‘red list’ countries will have to stump up £1,750 to quarantine in a Government-sanctioned hotel for ten days. In a further move, people travelling … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a battle royale on lockdown today as Tories demands all curbs are dropped in May when over-50s are vaccinated – but SAGE modelling suggested even a slower easing could mean 130,000 more deaths. The PM is under renewed pressure to step up the reopening of the country after the government accidentally … Read more
The Covid tiers system could be scrapped after lockdown under plans to ease restrictions on a national basis, the Mail can reveal. Boris Johnson is looking again at whether the country should go back to a system of regional tiers, which was credited with slowing the spread of the virus but ultimately failed to head … Read more
The Covid tiers system could be scrapped after lockdown under plans to ease restrictions on a national basis, the Mail can reveal. Boris Johnson is looking again at whether the country should go back to a system of regional tiers, which was credited with slowing the spread of the virus but ultimately failed to head … Read more
Airline and travel stocks plunged as UK ministers contemplated draconian border restrictions to contain new variants of Covid-19. The measures being considered to prevent the spread of strains from Brazil and South Africa include requiring some or all international arrivals to quarantine in hotels for up to two weeks. It would further reduce travel to … Read more
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson this morning insisted England’s national lockdown is ‘having an impact’ after a mass-testing survey found that infection numbers appeared to plateau and even rise at the start of January. The schools minister rebuked suggestions that restrictions are either too lax or not being followed strictly enough and said that they were … Read more
Airlines ‘urgently’ need government help to survive prolonged coronavirus curbs, industry bosses have warned, after Boris Johnson last night closed all travel corridors. The Prime Minister declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday as he begged Britons to ‘stay at home this weekend’. At a … Read more
Lockdown measures could be tightened within days if people keep flouting the rules, the Mail can reveal today. Downing Street insisted today the focus was on better compliance with existing Covid regulations. But sources warned ministers were ready to tighten the lockdown further unless the situation improved by the weekend. ‘The compliance data is mixed,’ … Read more