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Christmas restrictions for Preston and Lancashire will only allow Christmas Day indoor meet-up

Posted on - 19th December, 2020 - 4:20pm | Author - | Posted in - Fylde News, Health, Politics, Preston News, Ribble Valley News, South Ribble News, Wyre News
The Christmas tree on the Harris balcony in Preston city centre Pic: Tony Worrall
The Christmas tree on the Harris balcony in Preston city centre Pic: Tony Worrall

Christmas coronavirus restrictions have been tightened, the government confirmed.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said due to the rising Covid-19 infection rate in England and a new mutation of coronavirus which has recently begun spreading in the South East of England.

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Previous restrictions allowed three households to meet indoors from 23 December – 27 December, forming a Christmas bubble. But this has been scrapped.

Mr Johnson said: “We cannot continue with Christmas as planned.

“Across the rest of the country, the Christmas rules will now be limited to Christmas Day only for three households meeting indoors.

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“There will be no relaxation of the rules on 31 December. People must not break the rules on New Year.”

He urged people to ‘stay local’.

Boris Johnson during a press conference on Saturday (19 December) Pic: No10DowningStreet
Boris Johnson during a press conference on Saturday (19 December) Pic: No10DowningStreet

Mr Johnson said a new strain of coronavirus has been identified.

He said the new Covid was up to 70% more transmissable and had the ability to significantly push up the R rate.

However, he said the new Covid strain was not showing any signs of being any more lethal or ‘worse’ in terms of symptoms. He said the vaccine roll-out was unaffected.

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For Preston, and Lancashire, you can meet with up to two other households indoors on Christmas Day itself.

The city, and county, remains in tier-3 restrictions.

See the latest coronavirus cases and information near you

The Prime Minister also announced London and swathes of South East England will move into tier-4 restrictions from 00.01 on Sunday (20 December).

Tier-4 restrictions are similar to the second national lockdown restrictions – with non-essential shops, gyms and leisure facilities closing.

You can watch the full press conference below

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