The leader of Nottingham City Council, Cllr David Mellen sent this message to residents after the news that the entire county falls under Tier 3 Very High Coronavirus restrictions from Friday 30 October.
‘Today we can announce that Nottingham will be moving into the Very High COVID alert level from one minute past midnight on Friday morning.
‘The Government started talks with us last week about moving into the highest alert category.
‘Although we are reluctant to move our city into this into this higher level of restrictions the high and increasing number of people in our hospitals testing positive for the virus means that we need to go further to stem the infection rate.
‘Tier Three is the right alert level for our city; although our rates are coming down they are still very high.
‘No one would wish for the restrictions that come with Tier Three but I am pleased that the, albeit late, decision was made to include the whole of the county.
‘Collectively we can work together to stem the virus and protect our most vulnerable people.
‘We will be closely monitoring the impact of these new restrictions, which will be in place for the next 28 days and will be kept under review.’
• Covid Nottinghamshire Tier 3: How the virus is affecting Over 60s in all county areas
• Tier 3 Nottinghamshire: Why restrictions have increased to Very High – see case rate data
• Alcohol can’t be purchased from shops after 9 pm when Tier 3 restrictions come into force this week
