England under 4-week lockdown to control second wave of Coronavirus

Looking at the second wave of Coronavirus hitting several European nations across the country, UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared a second national lockdown for the country to iron out medical and moral disaster for the UK National Health Service (NHS). According to the reports, the lockdown in England will be applicable from November 5 till December 2, 2020. Below is the list of services and institutions that are going to stay open or closed during the nation-wide lockdown in the UK.

• No one is allowed to travel overseas or within the UK, except for education, work or other legally permitted exemptions.
• Restaurants, pubs, gyms and non-essential services to stay shut for four week. However, takeaway as well as click-and-collect shopping will remain open.
• All schools, colleges and universities can stay open. Manufacturing units and construction sites can also stay open.
• People are only allowed to travel for work if a work-from-home option is not available. Otherwise, everyone is supposed to stay at home.
• People are permitted to venture outdoors for exercises, medical reasons, buying food, for essential shopping, and to care for vulnerable people or volunteering.
• Religious services of all kinds will stay closed.
• People are not permitted to meet indoors or in private gardens if they are not a part of support bubbles. However, single parents or single adults living alone can form a support bubble with only one other household.