“We cannot continue with Christmas as planned,” Johnson said, addressing the nation alongside England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty and the government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.
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The new rules mean that people in Tier 1-3 will not be able to travel into a Tier 4 area, though support bubbles remain unaffected as do the exemptions for separated parents and their children.
In Tier 4, people should not mix with anyone outside their own household, apart from support bubbles. Christmas bubbles for those in Tiers 1-3 will not be able include anyone in the newly introduced Tier 4.
Following the announcement, a number of people have taken to social media to both air their frustrations and make light of the new restrictions using Rea’s festive favourite.