As the UK continues to fight the second wave of the epidemic, the British Army is being formed to assist in enforcing coronavirus restrictions in the Tier 3 region.

Liverpool on Friday deployed five Army and Navy environmental health officers trained in outbreak management.

They have been Local infection groups have been tasked with identifying, assisting in outbreak control and taking action against businesses that fail to comply with COVID-19 rules.

The idea is that more teams will move to other high-risk areas within the next week.

The move comes after the UK recorded 23,012 new infections and 174 more deaths in the last 24 hours.

In today’s coronavirus news:

• Coronavirus bans in Scotland that have seen pubs and restaurants closed in the central belt and evenings elsewhere; The indoor hospitality curfew will be extended until November 2;
• A study from King’s College London found that one in 20 people infected with Covid-9 still had symptoms eight weeks later and one in 50 was fighting after three months;
• James could reopen at Mursicide after a U-turn over their inclusion in the Liverpool City area’s Tier 3 restrictions;
• Scientific advisers have been warned that the coronavirus is changing and could become more contagious, according to SAG papers;
• One in ten sits at home for just two weeks after being told by the NHS to be self-isolated by tests and traces, Sage reveals documents;
• As the infection rate is ‘stubbornly high’, Warlington will move to Tier Three lockdown two days ago.

The Mechanical System of Civil Authority (MACA) allows military assistance to be formally requested for assistance to the armed forces, including local government authorities.

The Armed Forces is carrying out 32 operations under the Mac on Friday, The Telegraph reported.

Lieutenant General Tyrone Arch, Permanent Joint Commander of the United Kingdom, told the publication: “We are all very proud to support this national effort, and are ready to respond to any request for further assistance during the winter.”

The Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, Lancashire and Liverpool City Territories are the territories of the United Kingdom currently subject to Tier 3 restrictions.

With the new restrictions coming into effect on Tuesday, the city of Warrington, sandwiched between Liverpool and Manchester, also announced earlier today that it would enter a three-level lockdown 48 hours earlier than expected.

The move comes after talks between the government and the council, whose leader Rush Bowden said it was “necessary and proportionate”.

It comes as talks between Westminster and civic leaders in Nottingham yesterday about a possible Tier 3 ban continued yesterday.

Between 2001 and 2019, the average number of formal requests for military assistance was 130 each year.

However, in 2020, the Ministry of Defense received 316 out of 258 people specifically related to the coronavirus epidemic.

MailOnline has contacted the Ministry of Defense for comment.

Britain’s mid-winter: The UK recorded 23,012 more cases of covid – 2,482 since yesterday – ‘Professor Lockdown’ warns ‘people will be infected and die’ if they are allowed to mix on Christmas day

Katie Weston writes for Mail Online

There have been 23,012 more Cowid-19 cases recorded in Britain since yesterday, as Professor Neil Ferguson warned people that they would ‘catch the big virus and die’ if they were allowed to mix it up on Christmas day.

Of the 28 days of positive testing, 1 died at 4, less than 224 on Friday, 33 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and 141 in England.

Professor Ferguson, meanwhile, whose modeling led to a major lockdown in March, said earlier today that schools would have to close to alumni if ​​family restrictions failed to prevent an outbreak of the infection and that it would be a “political verdict” to relax rules during the festive season. As to whether it has been done.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today program: ‘It’s a bit of an infection risk and it can have consequences. Some people will die from being infected that day.

‘But if it’s only a day or two, the effects are likely to be limited. So it’s a really political decision about spending benefits. “

This led to further confusion yesterday following the prospect of a Christmas family, as Downing Street insisted that relatives should be able to reunite – but a minister warned that this would not be ‘normal’.

Professor Ferguson added: ‘This (banning family mixing) should have a significant impact but we have yet to see it precisely.

‘If we go beyond that, there are limitations to what we can do in terms of reducing communication, for example, in schools and sixth-grade colleges where we are able to send older adults as adults.

‘Of course virtual education and schools don’t want to start partially shutting down. The challenge may be that we cannot otherwise rise to the top of the transition. ‘

The UK yesterday announced 20,530 infections and 224 deaths. Last Saturday, the Department of Health recorded 150 coronavirus cases in 1,16,1171 more cases.

Images are less on weekends due to delays in the testing process in laboratories.

Meanwhile, Dr Nick Scriven, former president of the Society for Acute Medicine, warned last night that the cancellation of healthcare across a wider region would be ‘inevitable’.

He said: ‘I don’t think it’s unrealistic to expect trusts across the country to meet alternative targets set in the current climate.’

The NHS trusts in Chesterfield, Northampton, Newcastle and Nottingham confirmed yesterday that they were suspending at least some non-emergency activity, while Rotherham, Liverpool, Bradford and Plymouth announced similar action last week.

Dr Rob Harwood, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Hospital Advisory Committee, said the trust had “no alternative” but to limit planned treatment for patients.

He told The Guardian: ‘As we approach winter, many trusts will probably have no choice but to limit their electoral care services, which will increase backblogs and worsen health conditions, which is worrying for both staff and patients. “

Speaking about the cancellation of the operation, Dr Nick Scriven, a former president and consultant physician at the Society for Acute Medicine, added: ‘I think it’s becoming inevitable in large areas of healthcare because of the combination of epidemics and winter.

“We know that the number of beds is lower than in other countries and the ‘effectiveness’ of what we have across the board with the necessary infection control procedures.”