Boris Johnson set to shut pubs and restaurants in northern England in new local lockdown
dailyrecord.co.uksimilar restrictions across large swathes of Scotland for at least two weeks.The Prime Minister has been forced to act after more than 14,000 new cases of coronavirus a day were reported in the past two days across the UK with several of the worst hotspots in the North West of England.While the hospitality sector will shut, schools, offices and shops would remain open.The new measures in northern England are expected to affect areas including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Nottingham.It comes as coronavirus cases continue to mount in the region, with the North West particularly bad hit.Knowsley has the the highest coronavirus infection rate in England, with the Merseyside borough having 574.7 cases per 100,000 people, or one in every.
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