PUBS and bars are some of the businesses that will be forced to close in Tier Three coronavirus lockdown areas.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his new three-tier system for tackling rising coronavirus cases today, with Tier Three being the highest risk.
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Every area of the UK will be branded either medium, high or very high risk.
Tier One areas – medium risk – will enforce current social distancing measures, the “rule of six” and a pub curfew of 10pm enforced.
Households in Tier Two – high risk – will have the same restrictions plus a ban on households mixing indoors.
Tier Three areas – very high risk – will have all the above rules, plus they won’t be able to leave their region unless for essential reasons such as work, education or health.
What businesses will have to close in Tier Three areas?
The government is expected to announce more details about which businesses will close in Tier Three areas later today.
These are some of the businesses that could be asked to close:
- Pubs
- Bars
- Casinos
- Bookmakers
- Gyms
- Cinemas
- Indoor swimming pools
- Indoor sport centres
- Beauty salon
The move will come as a blow to the pubs industry with boozers already restricted by a 10pm curfew.
What businesses will stay open in Tier Three areas?
Schools, universities and colleges will be allowed to remain open in Tier Three lockdown areas.
Shops will also not have to shut, as the PM confirmed the retail industry will be unaffected.
Restaurants are expected to be allowed to stay open in Tier Three areas, although they’ll still be subject to current 10pm curfew rules.
What coronavirus alert level is the UK currently on?
Boris Johnson unveiled a “road map” for ending the UK coronavirus lockdown back in June, which included a five-level “alert system“.
Although the alert level had dropped to one, to reflect the then-low infection rate, a recent spike in coronavirus cases means the UK is currently at level four.
At level four, Covid-19 transmission is “high or rising exponentially”, explain health bosses.
The PM’s five-point alert system ranks the threat level of the virus on a scale of one (green) to five (red).
This threat level arrangement is adjusted and amended depending on medical and scientific data.
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The three-tier plan is designed to simplify coronavirus lockdowns across the UK.
The PM will later address the nation in a live press conference at 7pm this evening with Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty.
It comes as Nightingale hospitals across the North are on standby as coronavirus levels are four weeks off those seen at the peak of virus.
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