The UK is back in crisis mode as new daily Covid-19 cases soared above 50,000 cases for nearly a week, and hospitalizations exceed April’s peak.Īccording to Johnson, there were 30% more Covid-19 patients in hospitals in England on Monday than a week earlier. Wales and Northern Ireland – the other nations of the UK – are already in lockdown. His announcement follows that of Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who announced a lockdown that will begin on midnight, Tuesday, local time. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images) Hollie Adams/Getty ImagesĮurope has kept its schools open for much of the pandemic.
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The full student body will return on September 14th. A limited number of students returned to the school today as it began a phased reopening after the height of the coronavirus pandemic. LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Year 7 students practice social distancing measures at City of London Academy Highgate Hill on Septemin London, England. The lockdown is expected to remain in place at least through the middle of February. But unlike spring’s lockdown, nurseries will not be shuttered, elite sports can go ahead, and places of worship will remain open on the basis that attendees adhere to social distancing rules. Outdoor sports venues will have to close. International departures are now limited to those who have “a legally permitted reason,” such as work. Johnson also said people could still leave home “to escape domestic abuse” – an issue that arose earlier during the pandemic, as isolation and lockdown conditions exacerbated barriers to escape for victims of domestic violence. People will be allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons like shopping for essentials, exercise, and medical assistance.
He added that this means it will not be “possible or fair for all exams to go ahead this summer as normal,” and alternative arrangements are being put in place. “That means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home.”ĭuring his televised address to the nation, Johnson reimposed measures seen during the first lockdown last spring, including closures of secondary and primary schools to all except the children of key workers and vulnerable children. “It is clear that we need to do more to bring this new variant under control,” Johnson said. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England on Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and hospitalizations in the country.
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