A second lockdown is set to hit England from Thursday, with thousands of businesses forced to close for almost a month.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the measures at a press conference on Saturday evening, when he also confirmed the furlough scheme would be extended until December.
But with schools, colleges and universities allowed to remain open, this lockdown will have several differences compared to the last, which was imposed at the end of March, and continued until the summer.
Here are the businesses that will be forced to close from Thursday in England:
Non-essential retail:
- Clothing stores
- Electronics stores
- Vehicle showrooms
- Travel agents
- Betting shops
- Auction houses
- Tailors
- Car washes
- Tobacco and vape shops
Indoor and outdoor leisure facilities:
- Bowling alleys
- Leisure centres and gyms
- Swimming pools
- Golf courses and driving ranges
- Dance studios
- Stables and riding centres
- Soft play facilities
- Climbing walls and climbing centres
- Archery and shooting ranges
- Water and theme parks
Entertainment venues:
- Theatres
- Concert halls
- Cinemas
- Museums and galleries
- Casinos
- Adult gaming centres and arcades
- Bingo halls
- Bowling alleys
- Concert halls
- Zoos and other animal attractions
- Botanical gardens
Personal care facilities:
- Hair, beauty and nail salons
- Tattoo parlours
- Spas, massage parlours
- Body and skin piercing services
- Non-medical acupuncture, and tanning salons
Food shops, supermarkets, garden centres and certain other retailers providing essential goods and services can remain open.
Essential retail should follow Covid-secure guidelines to protect customers, visitors and workers.
Non-essential retail can remain open for delivery to customers and click-and-collect.
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Playgrounds can remain open.
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Hospitality venues like restaurants, bars and pubs must close, but can still provide takeaway and delivery services. However, takeaway of alcohol will not be allowed.
Hotels, hostels and other accommodation should only open for those who have to travel for work purposes and for a limited number of other exemptions which will be set out in law.
Some venues will be allowed to remain open for specific exempt activities, like childcare and support groups.
Support groups that are essential to delivering in person can continue with up to 15 participants where formally organised to provide mutual aid, therapy or any other form of support.
This includes support to victims of crime, people in drug and alcohol recovery, new parents and guardians, people with long-term illnesses, people facing issues relating to their sexuality or gender, and those who have suffered a bereavement.
A number of public services will also stay open and you will be able to leave home to visit them. These include:
- the NHS and medical services like GPs. The Government said it was supporting the NHS to safely carry out urgent and non-urgent services and it is vital anyone who thinks they need any kind of medical care comes forward and seeks help
- Jobcentre Plus sites
- Courts
- Civil Registrations Offices