coronavirus status amid new tiering rules being announced today.
23.09.2020 - 15:02 / variety.com
Manori Ravindran International EditorA worrying surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.K.
has threatened to unravel much of the progress made across the film and TV industry in recent months, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest round of restrictions won’t impact the production and exhibitor sectors in any major way just yet.With coronavirus cases projected to reach 49,000 a day by mid-October unless action is taken, the government on Tuesday enforced a 10pm curfew for bars, restaurants and pubs
.coronavirus status amid new tiering rules being announced today.
Boris Johnson ’s bumbling messages have created a crisis in confidence in Covid-19 measures, according to the UK’s leading medical body. The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that the public is in danger of losing faith in coronavirus measures due to the UK Government’s “inconsistent” messaging.
Here are the five main points from the press briefing.1. We have to stick with itThe PM said the UK was at a “critical moment” with a rising number of cases and that he would not hesitate to a bring in new measures if required.He said: “If we put in the work together now then we give ourselves the best possible chance of avoiding that outcome and avoiding further measures.”He went for a bit of Pound Shop Churchillian rhetoric for good measure.He called for “collective forbearance, common sense
From today, fans of McDonald's will notice a change to the fast food chain's opening hours.The changes come as part of Boris Johnson's new lockdown curfew rules - which mean that punters aren't allowed to dine-in after 10pm.As a result, McDonald's is limiting its opening hours for dine-in customers - but has ensured people that it will continue to offer delivery and drive-thru services around the clock at many of its restaurants.Posting on Twitter, McDonald's wrote: "From tomorrow, our opening
As of today, all supermarket staff in England are required by law to wear face masks while working.Up until now, only shoppers had been required to cover their faces while in store, but Boris Johnson has now made it compulsory for staff to do the same in shops and supermarkets.Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, the Prime Minister said: "We will extend the requirement to wear face coverings to include staff in retail, all users of taxis and private hire vehicles, and staff and customers
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Cinemas will not be forced to close early as part of new COVID-19 restrictions in the U.K., where the government has enforced a new series of measures in an effort to contain a second spike of infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that the U.K.
coronavirus cases.Today Boris Johnson admitted that like other countries, the UK is now at a "perilous turning point" when it comes to a second wave of the virus.New cases have quadrupled in a month, with the possibility of tens of thousands of new cases each day in November.While he was keen to insist that the country will not face a total lockdown like the one that was imposed in March, he made it clear that intervention needs to be taken to suppress the disease.He has also warned that if
coronavirus rules announced in the House of Commons today by Prime Minister Boris Johnson spell bad news for five-a-side teams who play their sport indoors.
here"So these rules will be enforced by tighter penalties."He referenced the earlier measure to fine people up to £10,000 for the failure to self-isolate which he said would now be applied to businesses which break the rules.The penalty for failing to wear a mask when required has been doubled to £200 for a first offence.He went on: "We will provide the police (and) the local authorities with the extra funding they need, a greater police presence on our streets and the option to draw military
hereBolton still has the worst infection rate in the country where strict measures, similar to what the PM may set out for England today, are already in place.Earlier, the PM said: "No British Government would wish to stifle our freedoms in the ways that we have found necessary this year."Yet even now we can draw some comfort from the fact schools, universities, and places of worship are staying open, shops can serve their customers, construction workers can go to building sites and the vast