LONDON - Up to 4.5 million people most at risk from Covid will be told to stay at home under a new shielding plan based on health, age and weight, according to a report.
Letters with tailored advice are to be sent to individuals based on a new 'risk model' which will factor in underlying health conditions, age, sex and weight.
This measure will be introduced first for areas with high rates of infection but a Whitehall source told The Sunday Telegraph 'if the rate is so concerning across the whole of England we are prepared to do it on a blanket basis.'
It comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases, with a rise of 3,497 yesterday – the highest Saturday uptick in four months. Another nine died of coronavirus, bringing Britain's death toll to 41,623.
There are grave fears that we may 'lose control of the virus' because it has once again starting ripping through the nation's care homes.
Police last night cracked down on young revellers hitting the booze before Boris Johnson's new six person limit to social gatherings kicks in on Monday.
Nightingale hospitals 'have been put on standby' and the nation warned to adhere to the Prime Minister's new rules or face another full lockdown.
The Government's 'world-beating' testing system is in 'chaos' with a backlog of 185,000 swabs and is dispatching the samples to Italy and Germany to deal with the strain.
Six West End theatres say they'll reopen next month with temperature checks at the doors, face masks and socially-distanced seating. Tory donors have urged the Government to protect the economy above all because without money there can be no healthcare.(FA)
