Range of restrictive measures and fines in UK
coronavirus
22 Sep 2020
/ 18:17
(CGTN Europe). UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a range of stricter measures for England with the country at a ΄perilous turning point.΄
- Johnson said that police would be able to get military support if required, and warned that the new measures, which are intended to avoid a second full lockdown, could last for six months. The key measures include:
- Pubs and restaurants to close by 10pm
- Asking people to work from home if they can
- The requirement to wear face masks is extended to shop workers and fines for non-compliance doubled to $256
- Maximum number allowed at weddings cut to 15 people
- Plans to allow some spectators into sports stadiums from 1 October have been paused
- Czechia Prime Minister Andrej Babis has admitted that the government made a mistake when it eased the COVID-19 restrictions over the summer, adding that he does not want to make the same mistake again.
- Czechia's prime minister Andrej Babis has nominated epidemiologist Roman Prymula, who helped with the country's initial response to the pandemic, as the country's new health minister after the previous minister, Adam Vojtech, submitted his resignation on Monday following criticism over his handling of the pandemic.
- Holiday company TUI has announced it will operate at a reduced capacity over the winter because of the ever-changing travel restrictions.
- Spain's health ministry has admitted "the option is there" to impose a broader lockdown in the country's capital, Madrid, if cases continue to surge in the city.
- German airline Lufthansa announced further cuts to its fleet and workforce and said it expects to operate at between 20 and 30 percent of capacity in the fourth quarter. "The outlook for international air traffic has significantly worsened in recent weeks," the company said in a statement.
- The European Medicines Agency, the regulator which authorise medicines before they can be used in the European Union, has this month been in contact with 38 makers of potential COVID-19 vaccines, it has said.
- More than 200 asylum-seekers admitted to a new refugee camp in the Greek island of Lesvos have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a government spokesman.
- Masks will be made mandatory in some areas of the German city of Munich after a surge in new infections.
- Italy has announced anyone arriving from some areas of France will have to take a mandatory test following rising cases across the nation.
- Russia's new infections rose by 6,215 in the past 24 hours, its highest daily new cases since 18 July, bringing the cumulative total to 1,115,810. Fatalities also rose by 160 to 19,649.
- Pubs and restaurants to close by 10pm
- Asking people to work from home if they can
- The requirement to wear face masks is extended to shop workers and fines for non-compliance doubled to $256
- Maximum number allowed at weddings cut to 15 people
- Plans to allow some spectators into sports stadiums from 1 October have been paused
- Czechia Prime Minister Andrej Babis has admitted that the government made a mistake when it eased the COVID-19 restrictions over the summer, adding that he does not want to make the same mistake again.
- Czechia's prime minister Andrej Babis has nominated epidemiologist Roman Prymula, who helped with the country's initial response to the pandemic, as the country's new health minister after the previous minister, Adam Vojtech, submitted his resignation on Monday following criticism over his handling of the pandemic.
- Holiday company TUI has announced it will operate at a reduced capacity over the winter because of the ever-changing travel restrictions.
- Spain's health ministry has admitted "the option is there" to impose a broader lockdown in the country's capital, Madrid, if cases continue to surge in the city.
- German airline Lufthansa announced further cuts to its fleet and workforce and said it expects to operate at between 20 and 30 percent of capacity in the fourth quarter. "The outlook for international air traffic has significantly worsened in recent weeks," the company said in a statement.
- The European Medicines Agency, the regulator which authorise medicines before they can be used in the European Union, has this month been in contact with 38 makers of potential COVID-19 vaccines, it has said.
- More than 200 asylum-seekers admitted to a new refugee camp in the Greek island of Lesvos have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a government spokesman.
- Masks will be made mandatory in some areas of the German city of Munich after a surge in new infections.
- Italy has announced anyone arriving from some areas of France will have to take a mandatory test following rising cases across the nation.
- Russia's new infections rose by 6,215 in the past 24 hours, its highest daily new cases since 18 July, bringing the cumulative total to 1,115,810. Fatalities also rose by 160 to 19,649.
