All of neighbouring county to face new ‘level two’ rules
THE whole of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire could be under tougher lockdown-style restrictions next week, leaked documents suggest.
Documents state the new restrictions are expected to be announced on Monday and come into effect from Wednesday.
Although Derbyshire appears to not be cited in any documents so far, the proximity of the restrictions zone should come as a warning.
The documents, which have been sent by the Government to senior figures in Nottingham and the county, show that people can still go on holiday outside of your area, but you should only do this with people you live with or have formed a support bubble with.
But they say meeting people from other households in private dwellings will not be allowed.
Visiting indoor hospitality, leisure and retail settings will be restricted to one household, meaning two households must not meet in these settings unless those two households are in a support bubble.
The documents state: “The national Gold (committee) has agreed the chief medical officer’s recommendation for both Nottingham City and all seven districts in Nottinghamshire County to be areas of intervention.
“The secretary of state wants to be in a position to move across to the new tiering approach, now called local risk levels, in one step next week. There will therefore be no announcements of the local risk levels from central government this week and we are currently seeking to clarify whether or not the watchlist will be published this week accordingly.
“Our current expectation is that the approach will be announced on Monday, October 12 with the new standardised regulations coming into force on Wednesday. All of the county and Nottingham city would go into “level two” of a new traffic light system for local lockdowns due to be announced next week.
“Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire would therefore go into regulations at local risk level two. Level one and two measures have now been signed off by committee but there is further work ongoing on level three.”