The UK’s four Chief Medical Officers have dropped the Covid-19 threat level from 4 to 3, it was announced today.
In a brief statement tweeted by the UK Department of Health, they said: “The Joint Biosecurity Centre has recommended that the COVID-19 alert level should move from Level 4 (A COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation; transmission is high or rising exponentially) to Level 3 (A COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation).
“The CMOs for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have reviewed the evidence and agree with this recommendation to move to Level 3 across the UK.
“There has been a steady decrease in cases we have seen in all four nations, and this continues. It does not mean that the pandemic is over. The virus is still in general circulation, and localised outbreaks are likely to occur.
“We have made progress against the virus thanks to the efforts of the public and we need the public to continue to follow the guidelines carefully to ensure this progress continues.”
The move comes after a number of easements to the lockdown were announced yesterday including social distancing in schools being cut from two one metre as well opening dates for hairdressers and churches.
