Under the new rule, people
will be banned from mixing with anyone outside their own household.
The city of Birmingham will
experience another round of lockdown from next Tuesday, after COVID-19 cases
exploded.
West Midlands mayor Andy
Street announced the measure on behalf of the Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
The statement was titled:
‘Ban on household mixing in Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull’.
Seven people are fighting
for their lives in intensive care with the disease and 68 are on wards at the
Queen Elizabeth and Heartlands NHS hospitals, according to local reports.
And hundreds are testing
positive for the virus every week, meaning many could be just days away from
needing hospital care.
The mayor said Friday: ‘The
following areas will now be escalated to an area of national intervention, with
a ban on people socialising with people outside their own household.
‘The ban will take effect
from Tuesday 15th September, but residents are advised to avoid household
mixing before then as it has been identified as one of the drivers of
transmission.’
He added the bans applied
to the whole of Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull, according to Daily Maill.
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