Tough controls ahead

The COVID Diaries – 222 26th November

Nearly everyone in England will be in higher tiers with tougher controls when the second lockdown ends on December 2nd. Only the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly face the lightest tier 1 restrictions.

More than half of the population will enter tier 2 and just over 40% will be subject to the toughest tier 3 controls.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned of a potential for a third lockdown in the new year if curbs on mixing were eased now.