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05th Jan 2021

This is everything you can and can’t do under new lockdown rules

Amid a third national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, this is a full list of what you can and cannot do under the new restrictions

Alex Roberts

Takeaway pints are off the table

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has plunged the country back into a full national lockdown – the third since the initial outbreak of coronavirus.

The tightening of lockdown rules brings with it a raft of restrictions on what you can and cannot do.

These are the main points:

  • The whole country has been given a direct ‘stay at home’ order from the government
  • You are only permitted to leave for essential work, to purchase food or medicine, attend medical appointments or to exercise once a day
  • Special dispensation will be given to those fleeing domestic abuse or the threat of harm
  • Those who care for vulnerable adults are also permitted to leave home for this purpose only
  • Your one bout of exercise should be done locally – you’re allowed to be accompanied in your exercise by your household, support bubble or one other person from outside this
  • Schools are closed for the majority of pupils, with exceptions made for vulnerable children and children of key workers
  • Universities and colleges are closed, with exams shelved until further notice
  • There is to be no household mixing outside your support or critical care bubble
  • Non-essential retail is closed, as are gyms and leisure facilities
  • Pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants remain closed
  • Takeaway and delivery food is permitted, takeaway pints are not

It is also hoped that the Covid vaccine will be rolled out to those most in need by mid-February.

The top four priority groups for the vaccine are:

  • Those in care homes
  • The over 70s
  • Health and care workers
  • The clinically vulnerable

If all goes to plan, some 13.9 million people will receive a vaccination by the middle of next month.

Boris Johnson said: “It’s clear that we need to do more together to bring this variant under control while our vaccines are rolled out.”