COVID-19: Winter Plan and Tier System
Written by admin on Friday 11th December 2020
The Prime Minister has outlined the government’s COVID-19 winter plan and announced a new three-tier system to tackle the pandemic
The winter plan is guided by three objectives:
- Suppressing the spread of infection
- Finding new and more effective ways of managing the virus and enabling life to return closer to normal
- Minimising damage to the economy and society, jobs and livelihoods. And ensuring education is safeguarded in nurseries, schools, colleges and universities.
The full plan together with a summary can be read on the following two HM Government website pages:
More information about the tier system, including the full list of tier restrictions, can be found on the COVID-19 guidance pages on GOV.UK:
Public Health England continues to work with government to publish and update COVID-19 guidance, which can be accessed on the following website page: