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<div class=”mol-img-group floatXWHalfRHS” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Coronavirus cases have been increasing across NE England</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The North East is set to have new coronavirus restrictions enforced, including pubs closing at 10pm and households banned from socialising with anyone outside their home.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The new rules are expected to come into force just after midnight tonight after a dramatic rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the area. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes said ‘additional, temporary’ measures are being planned to prevent another full lockdown. He said he expected Health Secretary Matt Hancock to make an announcement later this morning.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The restrictions will reportedly apply to Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, jasdomqq Gateshead, County Durham and Sunderland jasdomqq – which have all seen rises in cases, according to the latest weekly rates. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The lockdown measure will include a 10pm curfew on pubs, restaurants and other licensed premises and people will be banned from socialising with anyone outside their household, as reported by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told ITV’s Peston on Wednesday: ‘The number of cases has been rising rapidly in many parts of the country, but in particular in the and so a decision has been made to impose further restrictions there.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’And a full announcement will be made tomorrow and so people living in that part of the country should watch out for that. And the measures will come into play at midnight on Thursday evening.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’So, over the course of the day a full briefing will be made available to everybody including the councils and business community.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Other possible restrictions include people being told not to go on holiday with different households and spectators advised not to attend sporting venues.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Care home visits could be restricted to essential visitors, and people will be advised to avoid public transport at peak times except for essential journeys, and to avoid car-shares.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Mr Forbes tweeted: ‘Some additional, temporary restrictions are being planned to prevent another full lockdown.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>One Twitter user asked when the announcement would be made, adding that the ‘uncertainty creates lots of anxiety for people’.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>He replied: ‘We are waiting confirmation from Government on the final version of the regulations; I am expecting an announcement by the Health Secretary at 11am [on Thursday].’  </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The most recent figures show Newcastle to have recorded a sharp increase in its weekly rate, up from 51.2 to 64.1, with 194 new cases in the seven days to September 13.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>It comes after local measures in the likes of Greater Manchester and Birmingham have been put in place in a bid to address rising rates of infection.  And ministers and government officials insist they are ready to take more draconian steps to stop the spread, despite a wave of criticism. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>In other coronavirus developments yesterday: </p><ul class=”mol-bullets-with-font”><li class=”class”><span class=”mol-style-bold”>Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson were warned the testing fiasco is on the brink of dooming the country to a de facto lockdown with keeping schools open ‘unsustainable’ </span>

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The Art of Leadership • Dag Heward-Mills • 9789988596408

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