Boris Johnson has announced a second national lockdown for England, as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country.
The three-tiered system of local lockdowns announced by the Prime Minister in an effort to tackle the spread has only been in place for 19 days, with Liverpool and surrounding areas the first place to adopt them, but it is thought tougher action has been deemed necessary.
The restrictions will be similar to those introduced at the start of the pandemic in March. However, this time schools and universities will remain open, among other changes.
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What you won't be able to do:
Pubs, bars and restaurants will close
Non-essential retail will be shut.
Household social mixing between different households will be banned
Leisure and entertainment venues will all be closed
Coronavirus infection rates in Liverpool, with the red line showing when tier 3 started. See the interactive graph here
What you will be able to do:
Takeaways will be allowed
Schools and universities will remain open
People will still be able to exercise outdoor - either with household or bubble
Travel to work if you cannot work from home
Attend medical appointments
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Professor John Edmunds said the only way to have a "relatively safe" Christmas is to take "stringent" action now to bring the incidence of the virus "right down".
It comes after a senior Government scientific adviser said it is "definitely too late to think that the two-week circuit-breaker on its own will sort this out".
"It would bring it down a bit but it wouldn't be enough to bring (the R value) right down. A two-week circuit-breaker would have an effect but now almost certainly it would need to go on for longer to have a significant effect."
