The entire country is now subject to a more severe three-tiered system, however, so there is still no sign of a fourth tier in Boris Johnson’s winter plan for Covid-19. Instead, the existing three-layer system will stay in place until spring.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced for the first time Where each region is located In the Three-layer system In England, with millions placed under the most stringent measures when lockdown ends.

The new three-tier system then passed through the House of Commons on the evening of December 1, with 291 votes to 78. However, despite the majority swinging in favor of the prime minister’s plans, 55 Conservative Party rebels voted against the measures. This was the largest rebellion against Johnson to date.

Large areas of the country have entered Level 3, With tighter restrictions which means bars and restaurants in these areas should close except for fast food.

More of them have entered the tougher level after Mr. Hancock’s announcement in the House of Commons today, December 17th.

The following will proceed to Level 3: Bedfordshire; Buckinghamshire. Berkshire. Peterborough. Hertfordshire. Saree – except for Waverly; Hastings and Rother Portsmouth. Go exercise; And Havant.

During the health minister’s announcement, he urged the public to exercise caution, especially during the winter months.

“We have come a long way, we must not blow it up now,” said Mr. Hancock.

However, Bristol and North Somerset will move to Tier 2 on Saturday. Herefordshire will also move from Level 2 to Level 1, given a status rate of 45 per 100,000.

Use our postcode tool to find out the level at which your area is located.

distance Scotland made a fourth Across 11 of its local authority areas, there has been speculation that we will see a fourth level imposed in some high risk areas of England.

The prime minister’s announcement means that Christmas is safe from the introduction of a new category, but given the volatile nature of infection rates, nothing is off the table, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the BBC. breakfast Last month.

The category allocations will be reviewed every 14 days, with the government closely monitoring infection rates, particularly in more than 60 years.

Here’s what we know about the “Level 4” restrictions if the measure takes effect after Christmas.

Why might we need level 4?

In August, the Ministry of Education published a four-tiered structure in which all educational institutions – including elementary schools and early years settings – will be closed.

On October 26, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the BBC’s Breakfast, “We have always said that we don’t take anything from the table. And after we said that, we saw a slowdown in the number of cases.

“The problem is still going on, and while it is still growing, we have to move to control it. We are not ruling out anything, but at the moment, the three-tier system is what we are working on and it is effective in slowing the growth of this virus but it has not stopped this curve.”

Government scholars, including Professor Chris Whitty (See the video below), The chief medical officer, warned that “baseline” Level 3 The restrictions are unlikely to be sufficient to drop The rate of R Alone.