CORONAVIRUS infections plummeted by 30% during the recent national lockdown, throwing more doubt on the incoming tier system.
The study of 105,000 volunteers by Imperial College London found that infections also dropped by 50 per cent in the North of England during the second national lockdown.
It also showed the country’s R-rate is around 0.88 – meaning the rate of infection is slowing across the country.
While the results show the success of the recent national lockdown, there will also be questions over the need for such a crippling tier-system of restrictions to be introduced when the UK lockdown lifts on Wednesday.
While many places in the UK will indeed require tough measures to further reduce the infection rate, and then keep it low to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed, there is outcry at how many areas with relatively low infection rates will find themselves under the harshest Tier 3 measures.
The new data only adds to the pressure on the Tory government, which faces a rebellion from within its own ranks as anger over the incoming tier system grows.
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