Every new lockdown rule in place - what you can and can't do as England is ordered to stay at home
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxStay at home - it’s a familiar message but one we’ve been told we must adhere to once again.As England battles to curb the spread of a new, highly contagious Covid-19 variant, the country is once again plunged into lockdown.The Prime Minister said the increased measures were necessary to bring the virus under control and protect the NHS.Mr Johnson said hospitals are “under more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic”.In England the number of Covid patients in hospitals has increased by nearly a third in the last week to almost 27,000 – some 40 per cent higher than the first peak in April.On December 29 “more than 80,000 people tested positive for Covid across the UK”, the number of deaths is.
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