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Another lockdown uk 20211/10/2024 ![]() ![]() The Liberal Democrats have called for parliament to be recalled on Monday to debate the next steps. ![]() It comes after reports that officials had drawn up plans for a two-week circuit breaker lockdown after Christmas. They warned that delaying introducing stricter measures until 2022 would “greatly reduce the effectiveness of such interventions and make it less likely that these would prevent considerable pressure on health and care settings”. ![]() The Sage documents said: “Some scenarios have significantly worse outcomes during the first few months of 2022 but there are many uncertainties.”Īnd the ramping up of the booster programme would not help, as many of those admissions would be those who are infected now. This brings the total confirmed cases of the variant in the UK to 24,968. The UKHSA said there had been 10,059 additional confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 reported across the UK. Hospital admissions in England for people with confirmed or suspected Omicron rose to 85, from 65. It comes as the number of deaths in England of people with the Omicron variant has risen to seven, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said, from the previous figure of one. The experts warned that even if transmission rates were reduced, hospital admission levels were likely to be between 1,000 and 2,000 a day in England by the end of the year.Īnd modelling showed that if ministers stuck to the current plan B measures, there would be a peak of 3,000 a day. Minutes from a Sage meeting on Thursday said stricter measures could be needed, including “reducing group sizes, increasing physical distancing, reducing duration of contacts and closing high-risk premises”. ![]() The advice from 10 days ago adds: “Earlier intervention also reduces the wave of hospitalisations.” The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) said in documents released on Saturday but dated 8 December that in almost all modelling “a significant reduction in transmission (similar in scale to the national lockdown implemented in January 2021 and the ‘pingdemic’ in July 2021) is required to keep hospitalisations below the height of previous peaks.” When did the third national lockdown start in England?īoris Johnson addressed the nation on January 4th and explained England would go into another lockdown the following day, January 5th.įollowing a huge increase in Covid cases and the discovery of a faster spreading variant, the closure of schools and all non-essential shops was announced.Advice included that indoor mixing is the “biggest risk factor” for the spread of the variant of coronavirus, and that large gatherings risked creating “multiple spreading events”. Travel is advised to be kept to a minimum under current lockdown rules. Here’s the latest information regarding England’s third lockdown, including when it started, and when the lockdown is predicted to be over: Related article: How far can you travel in lockdown as coronavirus restrictions ease Related article: What is Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown? Dates and details revealed Now, on the roadmap out of lockdown, an end date is in sight for all coronavirus restrictions with some major changes coming on 12th April including the reopening of non-essential shops, gyms and hairdressers. In January 2021, Boris Johnson confirmed England would start a third national Covid-19 lockdown, with all schools and non-essential shops closing as the public were asked to work from home once more. When did lockdown 3 start in 2021? And when is it going to end in England? Here's the important roadmap out of lockdown dates and when all coronavirus restrictions will be over. ![]()
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