Wales will go into a 'firebreak' lockdown from Friday, to try to stem rising cases of Covid-19 So what is a firebreak or circuit-breaker lockdown and how does it work?
Wales will go into lockdown for a two-week circuit-breaker from Friday, to try to stem rising coronavirus cases.The government's science advisers have recommended a circuit-breaker in England, Northern Ireland is pressing ahead and Scotland is doing something similar.A circuit-breaker is a tight set of restrictions - it could feel a lot like the original lockdown - but crucially it would be for a fixed period of time.
The government's test-and-trace programme is currently overwhelmed by the number of cases it is trying to handle. But when levels of the virus are low, it is easier to spot outbreaks and use highly targeted measures, which are less disruptive than national ones, to curb the spread of Covid-19.Anything shorter and the risk is people who are infected just before the start of the circuit-breaker may still be able to spread the virus when it ends.
All of these lags mean the statistics on deaths and hospital admissions are expected to look worse throughout the whole of a circuit-breaker.Cases will go up again unless something fundamentally changes.
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