UK lockdown rules and restrictions explained
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson announced a new national lockdown on Monday 4 January with emergency measures to control the rapid spread of coronavirus. The new national lockdown goes further than the previous tier 4 restrictions and closer resembles the lockdown imposed last March than the second one in November. Non-essential shops must close, household mixing is banned and people are only allowed leave their homes for a limited number of reasons, such as work, childcare and medical reasons – the same as tier 4 rules. After teaching unions piled pressure on the government to keep schools closed due to the “serious risk” of staff falling ill while the rate of infection was so high, the government has announced that all primary schools, secondary schools and colleges in England must close and switch to remote learning except for vulnerable children and children of key workers.
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