North Tyneside, circled, Picture: PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND AN area has become the first in the region to see the Government advise against travel following concerns over infection rates - and the Indian variant. North Tyneside, which covers the likes of Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and North Shields, has been added to guidance published from the Government advising people to stay away. It has also advised people to avoid mixing indoors, keeping 2m apart from those outside their bubble, and to avoid non-essential travel. It emerged this week that several places across England had been quietly added to advise issued, with local leaders saying they were kept in the dark.
North Tyneside updates LIVE: Travel advice is not law, Number 10 confirms
North Tyneside is one of eight areas to be included in Government travel guidance advising against movement into and out of the borough
North Tyneside is one of eight areas to be included in Government travel guidance advising against movement into and out of the borough
Government advice not to travel into, or out of, North Tyneside is not law, Number 10 has confirmed.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman stressed that the new Government advice affecting eight Indian variant hotspot areas, including North Tyneside, was “not statutory”.
The spokesman said: “It is important to emphasise that this is guidance, these are not statutory restrictions placed on those local areas.
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The Government is advising people to avoid non-essential travel in and out of areas where the Covid variant first identified in India is spreading fastest
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