The British government carved England into three tiers of coronavirus risk on Monday in a bid to slow a resurgent outbreak, putting the northern city of Liverpool into the highest risk category and shutting its pubs, gyms and betting shops. 9News
The "very high" risk tier will face restrictions including closing pubs and, if local authorities want, other venues such as gyms and casinos.
"The weeks and months ahead will continue to be difficult and will test the mettle of this country. I have no doubt at all that together we will succeed." The UK has experienced Europe's deadliest outbreak, with an official death toll of 42,875. Health officials say Britain is at a tipping point in the outbreak, with strong action needed to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed at a time of year when they are already at their busiest with flu and other winter illnesses.
"The epidemic this time has clearly picked up pace in the north of England earlier than it did in the first wave. And that almost certainly relates to the fact the disease levels in the north, and certainly in the northwest, never dropped as far in the summer as they did in the south," Van-Tam told a news conference.
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