Tougher coronavirus restrictions could reportedly be imposed in England as part of a new three-tier lockdown if cases aren’t brought under control
Public Health England admitted they missed counting 15,481 positive coronavirus cases going back to September 25 in the UK.
On Saturday the total number of infections across the UK jumped by a record 12,872 with PHE blaming a ‘technical issue’ which led to a delay in cases being added to the dashboard.
And yesterday the total increased by a further 22,961 with an additional 33 deaths.
But it has since emerged that the ‘world-beating’ contact-tracing system was not told about up to 16,000 missing coronavirus cases until as much as one week later.
It comes as tougher coronavirus restrictions could be imposed in England as part of a new three-tier lockdown if cases aren’t brought under control, according to reports
The closure of pubs and a ban on social contact outside household groups could be implemented locally or nationally to deal with soaring infections, now at a level higher than the first wave peak.
According to leaked Government documents seen, the draft ‘Covid-19 Proposed Social Distancing Framework’ plan is designed to simplify the existing localised restrictions.
The plans have not yet been finalised and signed off by No.10 officials, however, and several of the measures could still be relaxed, according to the newspaper.
