Covid: Are we heading back into a full lockdown?

Covid: Are we heading back into a full lockdown? There's no stopping the second wave of coronavirus, it seems, despite a bundle of new rules designed to do just that.

Infection rates are rising rapidly, with estimates suggesting up to 100,000 people a day may be catching the virus. Across the Channel, France has admitted its regional approach is not working, by announcing a new national lockdown. Germany, to a lesser extent, is also planning one.

Wales is in the middle of a short "fire-breaker" lockdown, in which bars, restaurants, churches and most shops have shut for a fortnight.

So is a full-on UK-wide lockdown only a matter of time? BBC News

See also:

• NHS Covid-19 app to issue more self-isolate alerts  BBC News
• Coronavirus treatment: Experimental drug in trial phase BBC News
• Boris Johnson has been told NHS may be at maximum capacity a week before Christmas The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus UK: Deaths are EXCEEDING SAGE 'worst case scenario' The Daily Mail
• Tier Two lockdowns announced for 16 areas of England The Daily Mail
• Tier 4 lockdown: what would the rules be, and what UK areas could be affected? The Daily Telegraph
• The greatest tragedy of England's second wave is that it wasn't inevitable | Charlotte Summers The Guardian
• National lockdowns should be backup plan on Covid, says WHO envoy The Guardian
• Priti Patel refuses to rule out second Covid lockdown for England The Guardian
• Coronavirus: NHS leak shows London hospitals starting to feel second wave pressure The Independent
• Coronavirus: 10,000 UK patients now in hospital with Covid-19 The Independent