the latest moves to contain the pandemic
have exposed even wider differences
across the united kingdom northern
ireland is now set to impose the
toughest coronavirus restrictions
anywhere in the uk whales are set to ban
visitors
coming in from the worst affected parts
of england scotland and northern ireland
and in england the new three-tier system
has started with
the liverpool region at the highest
alert level
so we start with northern ireland which
in the past week has reported the
highest rate of infection
in the uk from 6 pm on friday all pubs
and restaurants hairdressers
and beauticians will have to shut their
doors for a month
supermarkets and off licenses will not
be allowed to sell alcohol
after 8 pm and schools will close for
two weeks one of those
being the half term break it is not a
full lockdown because
takeaways are allowed shops will be open
so will gyms for individual training
as well as child care facilities let's
start with our island correspondent emma
vardy in this report
nightlife no more soon the streets of
belfast will again
be subdued i don't know if it's the
right move to make like
the restrictions and stuff are kind of
hard i don't see how buying alcohol
after eight o'clock is going to make a
difference
but clap they might and extended
holidays on the way for pupils
two weeks instead of one for the
half-term break
but the restrictions have come with just
a few days notice for parents in
northern ireland
some will now have children at home from
monday everybody knows what they're
doing and
if they're just changing their rules
every single day especially for like
people who are going to school people
have no checker
people have to get people to meet their
kids i just think it's terrible like
it doesn't help especially parents that
can't help their kids properly some need
school and need their
extra help as well it's always good to
get a bit of notice so that you can
make plans and contingency plans we've a
lot of children taking the free school
meals things like that that you have to
check out in the background
and make sure those children are going
to be cared for and it can't be done
just
instantly a return to tighter
restrictions mustn't roll on
indefinitely
say political leaders but after late
night disagreements at stormont last
night
it took some time for all parties to
agree on just how far they should go
the tougher restrictions were a
compromise after sinn fein had pushed to
go further
but the dup was holding back these
decisions
will make a huge impact on people's
lives
but they are for four weeks we're very
determined that this will be a time
limited
intervention the public health advice
initially suggested
that six weeks would be at the optimum
and but clearly after discussion
at the what we've arrived at is a
two-week holiday for schools
that's very much based on the public
health advice this restaurant in belfast
has only just reopened a week ago now
it's estimated the new closures will
come at a cost of 700 million pounds to
northern ireland's economy
i just feel numb i feel we've put so
much into this
and i feel hospitality are getting hung
out to dry hello
i'm amy and i'm home self i sleeping for
them in derry and strabane a lot of
peoples are already off
this area has the highest rate of
infections in the uk
spare a thought for jacob into his third
week of isolating at home
where his mother and brother have tested
positive how are you coping
that's very very tricky um i have to
wear a mask
every time i leave my room after doesn't
like the kitchen after that doesn't
affect
the bathroom as well the slow but steady
creep of rising cases since
august has seen medical advisors in
northern ireland pushing to lock down
much harder
too little too lit we need to be
stricter
we need to have more severe restrictions
for a longer period of time
because we have a real problem
in secondary care in hospitals and we
don't want to be overwhelmed
once again the wait begins to see
whether these restrictions on the lives
of people in northern ireland will have
enough of an effect
and whether larger parts of the uk may
follow
cases of the virus here have risen
dramatically hospital admissions
have risen too so today northern ireland
reactivated its nightingale hospital the
facility set up
to look after covered patients northern
ireland being the first part of the uk
to re-establish its nightingale facility
but really today i think the problem was
that ministers had
significant fears that northern ireland
could just be a short while away
from those hospitals being overrun
many thanks again emmavadi there were
the latest for us in belfast
let's have a look at the latest official
figures then
just to underline the situation
724 new infections were recorded in the
latest
24-hour period it means the average
number of new cases reported per day in
the past week
is 15 767.
hospital admissions are rising on
average 688 people
were being admitted every day over the
past week that number does not
include scotland 137 deaths have been
reported of people who
died within 28 days of a positive
covid19 test
it means on average in the past week 91
deaths were being announced
every day and it takes the total number
of deaths
so far across the uk according to the
official calculation
to 43 100 and
well i mentioned wales a little earlier
because the first minister mark
drakeford has announced a travel ban
on people visiting wales from parts of
the uk with the highest rates of
infection
mr drakeford said he'd gone ahead with
the decision after the prime minister
boris johnson had refused to impose
travel restrictions in england the ban
is expected to come into effect at six
pm
this friday but some critics are asking
how the ban
is to be enforced our world's
correspondent however griffith has more
details
a quiet country manor sheltered so far
from covid's second wave
but businesses here in mid wales now
find themselves
on the political front line since talk
of a cross-border travel ban
started last week customers have been
cancelling
it's likely that tier two and three
lockdown areas in england
the central belt of scotland and all of
northern ireland will be included
but the details still aren't there you
know i'm getting phone call after phone
call can we come
are you still open do we have to do this
what are your restrictions do we put a
block on those people and protect our
own or you know do we allow them to come
and just take extra
precautions it's that really weird kind
of limbo phase that we're in at the
moment
okay and where is home travel
restrictions aren't new
within wales officers already carry out
spot checks and
issue fines so we're just stopping
people to check the purpose of their
journey the police federation says this
extended ban will be
unenforceable but the welsh labour
government says it must act
because the prime minister won't no
letter from
the prime minister has been received in
reply to my request
i have therefore asked for the necessary
work to be brought forward
which would allow for devolved powers to
be used
to pro to prevent people from traveling
into wales
from high prevalence areas of the united
kingdom
this border won't be sealed people will
still be allowed to travel
in and out for work and for education or
to give care to a loved one
but day trips and holidays won't be
allowed if you're traveling from an area
with a high number of covered cases
large parts of wales are already closed
to tourists
san diego's been under lockdown for
almost a fortnight
with no visitors allowed in many
businesses have been starved to their
customers
most of whom travel from over the border
it's heartbreaking
more than our 70 percent of our trade is
from outside the town
so this 70 is gone straight away it's
gone
all the hotels will be shut so it will
be a ghost town again
for another for how long i don't know
the uk government says it's disappointed
wales is acting
unilaterally the ban then is a reminder
that this border
is also a political divide howell
griffith bbc news
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