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Bristol to remain in tier 3
Despite coronavirus infection rates continuing to rise in the city, Bristol will remain in tier three following the latest review of the tier system by the government.
South Glos and North Somerset will also both stay in tier three, but from Thursday, Bath & North East Somerset will move into tier three from tier two, and Gloucestershire and Somerset will both be moved into tier four.
Bristol now has an infection rate of 190 new cases per 100,000 people; compared to a national average of 354.
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Marvin Rees confirmed that it is likely the new variant of Covid-19 is present in Bristol and has urged residents “to show restraint and follow the rules closely over New Year to help keep our infection rate down”.
The mayor said: “News of the second vaccine’s approval is encouraging and offers us hope as we enter 2021.
“However, we really need every resident in the city to do the most they can to protect one another, our communities and our city.”
Rees also said that the government “must do more to make financial support more inclusive; by not doing that it is storing up another public health crisis fuelled by poverty – one which will be with us for the long term unless the government takes bold and purposeful steps to prevent it”.
He added: “This must also include investment in a green recovery, investing in research and development of a lower carbon economy, for inclusive and sustainable growth.”
Education secretary Gavin Williamson said on Wednesday that secondary schools and colleges in areas of England with very high Covid infection rates will not open to all pupils in January.
Universities are also being asked to reduce the number of students who return to campus at the start of 2021.
Main photo: Martin Booth
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