The mayor of the British capital, Sadiq Khan, called on Friday to ban meetings between people from different households – such as is already in force in many cities in the North West and North East of England “One of the things I said to the prime minister is that I think we should follow what is in other parts of the country and stop people from different households meeting, and I say this with a heavy heart,” Khan told The Guardian “.
The introduction of additional restrictions has meanwhile been announced in other cities of England and Wales. From Saturday, residents of Leeds, Blackpool, Stockport and Wigan will not be able to meet people outside their households or their “support bubble” (which can be created by people living alone). In all these cities, the number of new infections in the last seven days per 100,000. inhabitants is approaching 100, or as in the case of Wigan, exceeding that level.
In Wales, additional restrictions will apply from Saturday afternoon in Llanelli in the west of the country, and from Sunday – also in the two largest cities, Cardiff and Swansea. their residents will not be able to meet in closed rooms with people outside their own households, or to leave the county area. As the restrictions were already introduced in six counties, this means that half of the population of Wales will already be covered.
It was reported on Friday that 6,874 coronavirus infections have been detected in the UK in the last 24 hours, the highest daily number since the epidemic began. This is the second day in a row that the record was broken.
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