Covid-19: Mask warning for Europe, as UK leaders make Christmas plea
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1. Call for smaller, safer Christmas
The four UK nations have agreed to keep relaxed Christmas Covid rules in place - but Scotland, Wales and PM Boris Johnson have announced strengthened guidance. Rules will still be relaxed between 23 and 27 December, but people in Wales will have to limit festive bubbles to two households. And people in Scotland are being asked to only meet on one of the five days. Mr Johnson, meanwhile, said a smaller Christmas is going to be safer Christmas, adding: When we say three households can meet on five days. these are maximums, not targets. Separately, Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said non-essential shops in Wales would close from the end of trading on Christmas Eve, with an alert level four lockdown starting four days later.
Boris Johnson urges people to avoid elderly people this Christmas
The relaxation of social distancing rules across the UK is expected to go ahead despite warnings about the possible impact on efforts to control the virus
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Boris Johnson to host press conference about Christmas this afternoon
The Prime Minister will address the nation alongside Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty
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Wednesday December 16, 2020, 3:36 PM
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is holding a coronavirus press conference from Downing Street, with an update expected on Covid-19 rules at Christmas.
At Prime Minister s Questions he announced there had been an agreement in principle between all nations of the UK, that the plan allowing three households allowed to mix for five days over Christmas would go ahead.
He also announced Wales will start moving into stricter level 4 restrictions - the equivalent of a lockdown - from 6pm on Christmas day.
At the press conference, in which the PM will speak alongside the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty, Mr Johnson will likely aim to clear up confusion about rules across the UK.