Coronavirus live news: UK government adviser supports 'circuit breaker' lockdown; Angela Merkel urges Germans to stay home

Austrian foreign minister tests positive; Russia records nearly 15,000 new cases; UK police arrest protesters in Soho, LondonCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage10.02amBSTChancellor Angela Merkel today urgedGermans to curb social contacts and keep travel to a minimum, making a personal appeal after the federal and state governments struggled to agree on ways to contain a second wave of coronavirus infection.“We have to do everything to prevent the virus from spreading out of control. Every day counts,” Merkel said in her weekly video podcast.We have to go further. I appeal to you: Meet with fewer people, either at home or outside. Please forsake any journey that is not absolutely essential, every party that is not absolutely essential. Stay at home, where at all possible.9.49amBSTMore than half ofEnglandis living with heightened coronavirus restrictions after the severest measures came into force in Lancashire and Londoners were banned from meeting indoors.Here is an explainer to what you can and cannot do depending on where you live.Related:What tier am I in and what am I allowed to do? England's Covid rules explainedContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 17, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique (now) with Naaman Zhou and Christopher Knaus (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus World news Infectious diseases Science Australia news Source Type: news