Pressure is growing on the government to impose a short-term "circuit breaker" lockdown in England in a bid to get rising coronavirus cases under control. Northern Ireland faces four weeks of such ...

BRITS could face a so-called circuit-breaker lockdown after Christmas 2021 in order to curb the spread of the Omicron variant. Plans are being drawn up to bring in a lockdown lasting two weeks in ...

Reports suggested officials were drawing up plans for the implementation of a circuit-breaker lockdown to combat the alarming rise in cases. But what would that look like? The Financial Times ...

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 ...

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 ...

A circuit-breaker is a tight set of restrictions designed to reverse the tide of the epidemic and bring the number of cases down. The rules could feel a lot like the original national lockdown ...

But now Sunak is causing a headache for the prime minister, as Johnson considers imposing some form of circuit breaker lockdown in a bid to curb rising Covid infections. The chancellor is leading ...

The state of South Australia implemented a “circuit breaker” lockdown in an attempt to quash a COVID-19 outbreak that grew to 22 infections this week in the state capital Adelaide. The strict ...

A SO-CALLED circuit breaker lockdown is among measures being considered by Nicola Sturgeon to curb the relentless spread of coronavirus. Infections have been rising steeply across Scotland as the ...

Health Secretary Sajid Javid says there are "no guarantees" when it comes to ruling out new restrictions or another circuit breaker before Christmas. But what exactly is a circuit breaker in Covid ...

Experts studying the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines have said that Metro Manila was experiencing a surge in cases and recommended a “circuit breaker” lockdown for two weeks. The warning ...