The Government is taking further measures to stem the recent rise in the number of coronavirus cases.
There are several local restrictions because of Covid-19 and the Government has already reduced the number of social gatherings in England down to 6 from the 14 September.
The latest changes announced for England are:
- People should work from home wherever possible
- Pubs, bars and restaurants to close at 22:00 BST
- They will also be restricted to table service only
- Face masks compulsory for bar staff and non-seated customers, shop workers and waiters
- Limit on guests at weddings reduced from 30 to 15
- Plans to allow fans to return to sporting events paused
- "Rule of six" now applies to indoor team sports
- Fines for not wearing masks or following rules increased to £200 for first offence
- A ban on meeting inside other people's homes.
- A 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants from Friday 25th.
- Up to six people from two different households can meet outdoors, including in private gardens.
- There will be no limit on the number of children under 12 who can meet or play together outdoors.
- Young people aged 12 to 18 are exempt from the two-household limit and can meet outdoors in groups of up to six.
- 100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week
- The associated employer National Insurance contributions
- Employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions
- NHS Test and Trace call handlers making regular contact with those self-isolating, with the ability to escalate any suspicion of non-compliance to Local Authorities and local police;
- Using police resources to check compliance in highest incidence areas and in high-risk groups, based on local intelligence;
- Investigating and prosecuting high-profile and egregious cases of non-compliance; and
- Acting on instances where third parties have identified others who have tested positive but are not self-isolating.
- provides testing for anyone who has symptoms of coronavirus to find out if they have the virus
- gets in touch with anyone who has had a positive test result to help them share information about any close recent contacts they have had
- alerts those contacts, where necessary, and notifies them they need to self-isolate to help stop the spread of the virus
- make their workplaces as safe as possible (where working from home is not possible)
- request that workers self-isolate if they have been asked to do so
- support their workers when in isolation
- provides free testing for anyone who has symptoms of coronavirus
- asks those that test positive and their close contacts to self-isolate to stop the spread of the virus in the workplace
- ask at least one member of every party of customers or visitors (up to 6 people) to provide their name and contact details
- keep a record of all staff working on their premises and shift times on a given day and their contact details
- keep these records of customers, visitors and staff for 21 days and provide data to NHS Test and Trace if requested
- display an official NHS QR code poster from 24 September 2020, so that customers and visitors can ‘check in’ using this option as an alternative to providing their contact details
- adhere to General Data Protection Regulations
- Hospitality venues must also refuse entry to those who refuse to participate.
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