UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, comments in PMQs
- Government pursuing a local and regional approach to restrictions
- Tier 3 restrictions will be lifted if 'R' falls below 1
- But other factors are also taken into account, like hospital admissions
- Tier 3 decisions will be reviewed every 28 days
Johnson is being questioned heavily on this as Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire are the latest to get pushed into Tier 3 restrictions. The headline remark is more to defend his decision to introduce this 'traffic light' system, so take it with a pinch of salt.
With the daily case count being this high, it'll take a few weeks to gauge whether or not the latest set of measures will help to curb the spread of the virus across the UK.
