Coronavirus live updates: England’s restrictions likely to stay ‘for months’; Sydney introduces new rules
UK health secretary says new rules likely to remain until vaccine rollout is widespread; Scotland announces travel ban with rest of UK; France death toll surpasses 60,000
- New restrictions in place for greater Sydney
- UK PM announces ‘tier 4’ curbs and curtails Christmas mixing in England
Scotland now appears to have the harshest ongoing restrictions of any part of the UK, with near-lockdown level 4 restrictions right across its mainland area for three weeks from Boxing Day and nurseries and schools not set to re-open for the majority of children until January 18.
In England, schools return from January 11 and there will be a fortnightly review of restrictions. From memory, Scotland had the toughest restrictions in the UK in early October, when hospitality closures compounded an indoor visiting ban across the central belt, just before the October school holiday circuit-breaker was imposed in Wales.
Nurseries and all other childcare providers across Scotland should only open to key worker and vulnerable children from Boxing Day until at least 18 Jan. We are meeting sector reps on Monday morning to discuss impacts and will publish guidance ASAP.
Extra police are being deployed in London and in other areas of England’s south east to try to ensure only people who need to make essential journeys are doing so
They are also expected to be involved in the enforcement of new restrictions meaning that people cannot travel outside of London and areas of the south east of England which have been placed in a new ‘Tier 4’ category.
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