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\nLONDON
\nBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new three-level Covid-19 alert system that will be implemented across England, with Liverpool moved to the highest tier as the level being decided according to local infection rates.
\nOutlining the new strategy, Johnson said that it simplifies the standardised local rule by introducing a three-tier system of local COVID-alert levels in England, set at \u201cmedium\u201d, \u201chigh\u201d and \u201cvery high\u201d. He said the \u201cmedium\u201d alert level, which will cover most part of the country, will consist of the current national measures, including the Rule of Six for people meeting, and the closure of hospitality (bars and restaurants) at 10 p.m. BST (2100 GMT).
\nThe \u201chigh\u201d alert level would reflect interventions in many local areas at the moment, primarily aimed at reducing household to household transmission, by preventing all mixing between different households or \u201csupport bubbles\u201d indoors. The \u201cvery high\u201d level will apply where transmission rates are rising most rapidly and where the National Health Service (NHS) could soon be under unbearable pressure without further restrictions.
\nIn those areas the government will set a baseline of prohibiting social mixing indoors and in private gardens as well as closing pubs and bars. But retail shops, schools and universities will remain open. The Liverpool City Region will be placed in the \u201cvery high\u201d level from Wednesday, and following talks with local leaders, gyms, leisure centers, betting shops and casinos will also close, said Johnson.
\nLocal officials will be allowed to impose their own added measures and restrictions, and call for help from the military if needed. There was an immediate reaction in Liverpool where the CEO of the city\u2019s Chamber of Commerce, Paul Cherpeau, said businesses across Liverpool were bewildered, frustrated and angry by the new restrictions.
\nIn Liverpool\u2019s Beatles quarter musicians gathered for a silent protest as the new coronavirus lockdown restrictions on the city were announced. Meanwhile, Angela Eagle, Labour MP for Wallasey which is one of the areas to be hit by the Liverpool lockdown, said financial support for those impacted by COVID-19 has been woefully inadequate.
\nFormer British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, chair of the House of Commons health committee, said in the debate that the evidence from China suggested early, localised interventions worked best, a comment Johnson said he welcomed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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