FACTBOX-England s plan to ease COVID-19 lockdown Reuters 2/22/2021
(Adds measures)
LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a four-stage easing of England s latest lockdown on Monday, saying cautious steps out of restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19 would mean no return of a nationwide shutdown.
Following is the government s so-called roadmap out of lockdown for England (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have slightly different approaches to their COVID-19 measures):
GENERAL POINTS
- Between each of the four steps there will be a minimum of five weeks between each step: four weeks to assess the impact of the changes to restrictions and a further week to give notice to the public and businesses to prepare for the next step.
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By Kate Holton
LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus.
With more than 50,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the last four days, the health service said it was preparing for an anticipated rush of patients and needed more beds.
The announcement comes just days after the Royal London Hospital told staff in an email it was now in disaster medicine mode and unable to provide high standard critical care.