LONDON: A harder new restriction has been applied from Sunday in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland under the deformity of devolution in an effort to limit the increase in Coronavirus cases in the UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his cabinet are expected to review the latest data and advice from experts on Monday to decide whether further restrictions need to be taken to England too.
The current region is based on the steps of B Plan B, which calls for work from home, mandatory face masks and Covid-19 vaccination certificates to enter large places.
Meanwhile in Wales, the nightclub will be closed from Sunday and a maximum of six people will be allowed to meet in pubs, restaurants and cinemas.
Up to 30 people will be permitted at indoor events, while in outdoor events the limits are 50.
In Scotland, the social distance of one meter will now be needed on major events and attendance will be limited to 100 people at indoor shows where people Stand up, or 200 for the event sitting inside.
For outdoor events, the limit is 500 people.
From Monday, the nightclub will be forced to close for three weeks, the desk service will be needed in the setting where alcohol is served – and the one meter rule will apply to hospitality and recreational settings.
Northern Ireland has also closed the nightclub, while events stand indoor and dancing in hospitality arrangements will be prohibited.
From Monday, the limit of six people – or 10 people from one household – will be permitted in indoor hospitality arrangements.
Children will not be counted in total and marriage or civilian partnership celebrations will be excluded.
Daily Coronavirus numbers were not reported during Christmas and Boxing weekends, but Friday saw as high as 122,186 English cases.
UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) is estimated – using its weekly random testing program – that as many as 1.74 million people, or one of 35, has been Coronavirus seven days ago.
Meanwhile, ‘Sunday Telegraph’ reported that one of the most senior health advisors in the UK had been accused of distributing “clever data” which increased the potential risk of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the British Health Security Agency (UKHSA), is understood to have become a source of claims contested by the Secretary of Health Sajid Javid that there is usually a 17-day pause between patients infected and requires hospitalization.
However, independent experts refer to data ons, which suggests a delay of nine or 10 days.
“Covid restrictions undermine people’s lives, mental livelihoods and welfare.
So, it is very important that the debate about them is based on solid data,” said Conservative Party MP Mark Harper, Chair of the Covid Anti-Lockdown Recovery Group.
“Serious questions need to be asked whether the senior health advisor is the minister of furniture with misleading figures, and failed to correct them on the earliest occasion.
The ministers also have the responsibility to ask detailed questions to ensure they do not use smart data.
We can do it Better than this, “he said.
Johnson is expected to face a large resistance from his own conservative party on editing additional locking for England, given that the 100-member of the Tory Parliament has rebelled against the less strict B steps at the House of Commons earlier this month.