Tougher Covid lockdown rules in force in parts of UK
Live MintNew tougher restrictions have come in force from Sunday in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland under devolved powers in a bid to curb rising coronavirus cases across the United Kingdom. In Scotland, social distancing of one metre will now be required at large events and attendance will be limited to 100 people at indoor events where people are standing, or 200 for seated events inside. The UK's Office for National Statistics estimated – using its weekly random testing programme – that as many as 1.74 million people, or one in 35, had coronavirus seven days ago. Meanwhile, the ‘Sunday Telegraph’ reports that one of Britain’s most senior health advisers has been accused of disseminating "dodgy data" that inflated the potential risk from the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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