coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country.The UK’s COVID-19 alert level recently moved to 4, which translates to virus transmission being “high or rising exponentially”.Yesterday, 4,368 new cases were reported in the UK, with 11 deaths.
Along with the earlier closing time, the latest restrictions to be set out will also force pubs to exclusively operate table service by law.Other restrictions put in place across the UK this week include a ban on households mixing indoors in Northern Ireland, while four more counties in South Wales are set to face new restrictions from 6pm tonight.The new restrictions come as Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, warned this week that, without further restrictions, the.