BORIS Johnson has announced a three-tier approach to coronavirus restrictions with all of England put into medium, high and very high risk categories.
The Prime Minister set out the simplified and standardised system in a bid to stem the surge in Covid-19 cases earlier today.
Here is a breakdown of the areas under each level of the new alert system.
Very high: Pubs and bars will be forced to close and “social mixing” indoors and in private gardens will be banned at the minimum. Groups of up to six people could still be permitted to meet outside in public spaces.
Liverpool City Region
– Liverpool
– Knowsley
– Wirral
– St Helens
– Sefton
– Halton
High:
All mixing between households and support bubbles will be prohibited indoors. Meetings of up to six people will be allowed outdoors in public spaces and private gardens.
Cheshire
– Cheshire West and Chester
– Cheshire East
Greater Manchester
– Manchester
– Bolton
– Bury
– Stockport
– Tameside
– Trafford
– Wigan
– Salford
– Rochdale
– Oldham
Warrington
– Warrington
Derbyshire
– High Peak – the wards of: Tintwistle, Padfield, Dinting, St John’s, Old Glossop, Whitfield, Simmondley, Gamesley, Howard Town, Hadfield South and Hadfield North
Lancashire
– Lancashire
– Blackpool
– Preston
– Blackburn with Darwen
– Burnley
West Yorkshire
– Leeds
– Bradford
– Kirklees
– Calderdale
– Wakefield
South Yorkshire
– Barnsley
– Rotherham
– Doncaster
– Sheffield
North East
– Newcastle
– South Tyneside
– North Tyneside
– Gateshead
– Sunderland
– Durham
– Northumberland
Tees Valley
– Middlesbrough
– Redcar and Cleveland
– Stockton-on-Tees
– Darlington
– Hartlepool
West Midlands
– Birmingham
– Sandwell
– Solihull
– Wolverhampton
– Walsall
Leicester
– Leicester
– Oadby and Wigston
Nottingham
– Nottinghamshire
– Nottingham City
Medium: The “rule of six” preventing most gatherings of more than six people indoors or outdoors, the 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants and other existing national measures will continue to apply.
All other areas in England.
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