DespitegrowingpressurefromdoctorsandscientiststoabandontherelaxationoffcovertrestrictionsoverChristmas, thefournationsoftheUnitedKingdomhavebroadlyagreedtosticktotheplans, albeitwithadjustmentsinWalesandto a lesserextentinScotland.
ThepoliticaldecisionsaboutChristmaswereneverdesignedtocreate a freeforall, buttheworseningpatternofthediseaseisforcedtorebrand, ifnot a rethink, somefamiliesinEssextodaywe'reworriedabouttheconsequences.
Bylaw, although a singlepersoncanjointhemfromthe 28thofDecember, whalesgoesintolockdown, whichmeanspeopleareexpectedtostayathomeonpublicfacilitieswillclose.
HereinScotland, therestrictionsaroundChristmasarealready a littletighterthantheyareinotherpartsofthecountry, soonlyeightadultsfromthreehouseholdshouldmeetendures.
DespitegrowingpressurefromdoctorsandscientiststoabandontherelaxationoffcovertrestrictionsoverChristmas, thefournationsoftheUnitedKingdomhavebroadlyagreedtosticktotheplans, albeitwithadjustmentsinWalesandto a lesserextentinScotland.