Areas placed in tier three will be eligible for rapid or "lateral flow" tests - which give results in about 20 minutes without the need for a lab - to help bring down infections and reduce restrictions.
On Wednesday, the government recorded another 696 UK deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test, the highest daily figure reported since 5 May. Total deaths now stand at 56,533.London Mayor Sadiq Khan said it would be the "right and sensible decision" for the capital to be placed in tier two, as he warned that tier three would be a "hammer blow" to businesses.
Meanwhile, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said it was "more likely than not" his area would be put into tier three.image copyrightElsewhere, Lancashire's council leaders have submitted a proposal to the government to divide the county into two different tiers when the lockdown ends next week - as coronavirus rates are lower in places like Lancaster and Wyre than they are in East Lancashire.
“Do you have a license for that freedom?”
Remind me again how this works? Manchester/NW goes into Tier 3....London tier 2....makes sense? Nahhhh
Racism: BBC sets out its tiers. 1. Antisemitism 2. Anti Black racism 3. Islamophobia BDS 🇵🇸🥀
Fuck tier 3 in stoke after nine months of not seeing my family I'm spending Christmas with them fuck covid and fuck this government
Birmingham & Manchester will still party hard.
Thank you for putting Manchester into Tier 3. Keep it like that till late January.
Well after all the mixing for Christmas we be back in full lockdown come mid January 🤦♀️
Tiers for beers
It’s already been leaked
tiersystem explained:
It'll all end in... um... yeah, tiers. 😐
They have no right to do any of this. LockdownFascism CovidHysteria LockdownKills
I'm in Tier-IDGAF!!!
This is so dystopian. Reminds me of Hunger Games.
Regional tiers? We were promised they we’re going to be localised... Who decides on the concept of each “region”
It’s essentially lockdown will the ability to Xmas shop for most to be honest.
Matt Hancock the same guy who's neighbour and uni mate landed a big contract another one for the boys yet they talk about corruption in developing countries
This won’t bother the idiots of this country, they are selfish scum and will ruin it for many!
There should be no restrictions now that covid is endemic in the UK. The test is proven to be flawed and its the testing regime that keeps us imprisoned. End all restrictions now.
Why is the BBC so keen to enforce the bastard rules?
Crisps with cutlery
All those northern people who voted TORYS in..are about to get a kicking. You're gonna be in tier2 or 3. Guaranteed...
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Stop paying BBC license fees, biased and part of the great reset - channel 5 now has more viewers
Great news on UK fishing - Brexit is almost complete. If Brxiteers are happy - it's the real thing.
This will cause uproar and divide the country.
pubs in T2 'Alcohol with a substantial meal' who decides that?. A substantial meal to an 8 stone woman may be not for a 25 stone man. Can the government give a definition of substantial?
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