Lockdown
Britain’s Labour leader call for circuit breaker lockdown
Britain's opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer called on Tuesday for a two to three week "circuit breaker" lockdown, piling pressure on Prime…
Johnson unveils tiered lockdown system for the UK
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England including shutting pubs as…
Liverpool to face strictest imminent lockdown restrictions
The city of Liverpool may go into the strictest "third tier" of new anti-coronavirus restrictions to be announced imminently by the British…
Boris Johnson to address country on Monday
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to MPs on Monday, amid expectations that a three-tier local lockdown system will…
UK workers in businesses forced to shutdown to get two-thirds of salaries paid by government
Workers at businesses forced to shut due to stricter lockdown measures will have two-thirds of their salaries paid by the government. Chancellor…
Ireland’s Emergency Health Team recommends full lockdown
Ireland's National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) recommended to the government on Sunday that the country be moved to the highest level…
Britain likely to reintroduce national lockdown – senior advisor
Britain is likely to need to reintroduce some national coronavirus lockdown measures sooner rather than later, a former senior government health advisor…
Second UK Lockdown? – COVID hospital admissions doubling every 8 days
Britain's health minister said on Friday that the novel coronavirus was accelerating across the country with hospital admissions doubling every eight days…
Israel to impose three-week nationwide lockdown – reports
Israel’s government has approved the imposition of a three-week nationwide lockdown, starting on Friday, to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Israel’s…
California back in lockdown
California 's governor on Monday clamped new restrictions on businesses as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soared, and the state's two largest school…
Boris Johnson announces that gyms in UK will open in couple of weeks
Boris Johnson has said gyms will be able to reopen in a “couple of weeks”. Speaking on LBC on Friday, the prime…
UK lockdown a week earlier could have halved COVID-19 death toll, scientist says
Introducing lockdown measures a week earlier could have halved the UK’s coronavirus death toll, a former government adviser has said. The Independent…