Hundreds of thousands of Brits face spending winter inside as the Government prepares to resume shielding the vulnerable in hotspots, it has been reported.
Under new measures that could be announced next week, vulnerable people in areas with high infection rates could be told to stay indoors.
Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for England, has been designing a “tailored shielding” scheme that would be enforced with more personalised advice over blanket rules, The Times reports.
The proposals would replace those which saw 2.2million Brits locked away earlier this year into August in a move that caused a huge emotional toll for many.
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