People in north-east England will no longer be able to meet with anyone outside their family – as Lancashire is also expected to be subject to strict restrictions.
More than 100 million people across the UK are now locked up after new bans in North Barland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle-to-Tie, Gateshead, Sunderland and County Durham since midnight.
Residents of the area are prohibited from socializing with others outside their homes or bubbles, food and beverage areas are restricted to table service only, and all leisure and recreation areas must close at 10 p.m.
Other areas subject to strict lockdown restrictions include Scotland, South Wales, the North West of England, Yorkshire and the Midlands.
Strict new measures may also be announced Lancashire, Northwest England, Sky News can understand.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to make an announcement this morning that will socially ban houses, private parks, public parks, restaurants and pub beer gardens with different families.
People will only be asked to use public transport on necessary trips – but the rules do not expect a complete ban on mixing with other families or a 10-hour curfew for bars and pubs.
It applies to Preston, Lancaster, Wire, Field, Charle, South Rebel, West Lancashire, Rebel Valley, Blackburn to Darwin, Burnley, Pendle, Handburn and Rosendale.
But two-thirds of Blackpool’s seaside resorts will not face more stringent restrictions.
The county, which recorded 250 more new infections on Thursday, has its largest daily increase in new cases so far.
Meanwhile, there are further reports that Mirside and Leeds may have subsequent restrictions.
The coronavirus virus is on the rise across the UK, confirming another 3339 infections and 21 deaths on Thursday.
Addressing further bans in the Northeast, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was “about the rate of infection”.
“We agree with the local council that we must follow the data and act and the data says we must act now to control the virus and keep people safe,” he said.
“And I know that people in the Northeast will come together to defeat this virus. We must do it as we defeat it.”
Newcastle is an area where pubs have to operate under curfew
According to Sky News, two weeks Coronavirus The rate of infection per 100,000 in the seven local authority areas facing the new restrictions is:
- Sunderland: 155.7
- South Tyneside: 155.1
- Gateshead: 139.7
- Newcastle 116.3
- Answer Tyside: 85
- County Durham: 70.2
- Northbarland: 47.1
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On Thursday morning, Health Minister Edward Arger told Sky News: “In the Northeast, we are seeing an increase in infections. In the North West, we are seeing exactly that.
“We monitor that rate. Where we need it, we take action and take action.”
Mr Arger said the increase in infections in north-west England did not comply with the rules of social distance because different families were closely related.
He added: “Of course the economy of a night time can make it clear that when people went to the pub, people came out until evening.
“It’s one of the ways that it can increase the risk of infection.”
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