If a nationwide circuit-breaker move is going to happen, it is likely to happen soon. Schools in much of the U.K. begin a mid-term vacation Oct. 26, meaning lockdown could come at a time when ...

What is a circuit-breaker lockdown? Experts have warned the government that more measures are needed to avoid an increase in hospitalisations. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

A 'circuit breaker' could see the whole nation come under another full lockdown for a limited number of weeks. But are we heading close to one, and what will it mean if it does happen?

Israel recently tried a circuit-breaker and had some success at slowing the pandemic but as reported by Sky News, infection rates continued to rise immediately after–from 4,764 new cases on 14 ...

A circuit breaker lockdown would therefore see people sever almost all contact with people outside their own household by shutting non-essential businesses and cutting social interactions ...

Imposing a national circuit-breaker lockdown in England “doesn’t make sense” financially, a former member of the government’s advisory group has concluded. In an article for The Times Red ...

Pressure is growing on the Government to impose a short-term circuit-breaker lockdown in England in a bid to get rising coronavirus infections under control. Some scientists have warned the newly ...

Northern Ireland is going to start a two-week circuit-breaker lockdown on Friday 27 November. It follows the use of a 17-day "firebreak" to try to stem Covid cases in Wales.

Boris Johnson is considering imposing a two-week circuit breaker lockdown after warning earlier this week that infection “figures are flashing at us like dashboard warnings in a passenger jet ...

A region in Australia is returning to early coronavirus pandemic days after a six-day lockdown began midnight Wednesday, bringing an entire community to a standstill amid a new virus cluster.

What is a circuit-breaker lockdown? Experts have warned the government that more measures are needed to avoid an increase in hospitalisations. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

A circuit-breaker lockdown would therefore see Britons sever almost all contact with people outside their own household by shutting non-essential businesses and cutting social interactions.