By Tony O’Riley-
Boris Johnson has told the Commons that the three-tiered regional measures will return from 2 December, adding that each tier will be toughened.
Under the plans, spectators will be allowed to return to some sporting events, and weddings and collective worship will resume
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The allocation of tiers will vary according to a number of factors, including each area’s case numbers, the reproduction rate – or R number – and the current and projected pressure on the NHS locally.
The government said the tier allocations will be reviewed every 14 days, and the regional approach will last until March.
The PM told MPs via video link he expected “more regions will fall – at least temporarily – into higher levels than before”.
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Apologising for the “hardship” such restrictions would cause business owners, he said he was very sorry.
The prime minister later added that “things will look and feel very different” after Easter, with a vaccine and mass testing.
He warned the months ahead “will be hard, they will be cold” – but added that with a “favourable wind” the majority of people most in need of a vaccination might be able to get one by Easter.
Johnson spoke of a three-pronged approach of “tough tiering, mass community testing, and [the] roll-out of vaccines”.
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