The Prime Minister will tomorrow outline new measures to fry and curb the rising rate of coronavirus infections in a Downing Street briefing. The move comes as part of the Governments attempts to halt a second wave of the deadly disease. A curfew will be placed on the hospitality industry and patrols will be put in place to ensure venues obey the “rule of six”.
The current coronavirus threat has been raised from level three to level four.
This means infection rates are rising exponentially.
In certain hotspots the hospitality industry will be ordered to shut completely.
There is already a curfew in Wales were pubs must close at 11pm.
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Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance announced today the UK could see 50,000 new coronavirus infections per day by mid October.
The said there could be 200-plus deaths per day.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to chair an emergency COBRA meeting tomorrow,
A No10 spokesperson said today: “The Prime Minister has made it clear that the rising infection rates are a cause for great concern, which he is taking very seriously”.
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