UK Covid: virus prevalence in England increases from last week – ONS – as it happened

One in 340 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settingstest positive in week ending 3 April in England. This live blog is now closed –please follow the global coronavirus live blog for updatesWhat are the new Covid rules in England from 12 April?People in England told they can ‘start to think’ about holidays abroadCovid plan for England: trips abroad could be permitted from MayPublish figures to show ‘untold suffering’ of long Covid, MPs urge4.59pmBSTHere is a recap of the main Covid-related events from theUK:Related:Coronavirus live: EMA reviewing AstraZeneca and Johnson& Johnson vaccines over rare side effect reports4.39pmBSTThis is fromJanet Daby, the Labour MP for Lewisham East. Under the traffic light system, red arrivals will be subject torestrictions currently in place for red list countries, which include a 10-day stay in a managedquarantine hotel, as well as pre-departure testing and and two PCR tests.As of today, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been placed on a "red list" of countries we will not allow travellers from... This will impact hundreds of thousands of UK residents and their families abroad. I add my full support to this letterhttps://t.co/h24XjC9qhEContinue reading...
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