Extraordinarily wide levels of spread over past fortnight, partic between Dec 29th and Jan 5th...
Eg Liverpool has gone from green (10-49 cases/100k) to dark purple (800+) in less than a month:
Even more noteworthy - Liverpool is now at 934 cases/100k (jan 5th) just a week before on dec 29th was 314 (ie jumped two categories in one week) four weeks before (dec 8th) it was 91.
Greater Manchester - fewer infections having been left in tier 3, but quite a rise over latest week... 400ish/100k
Greater London area - remarkable spread since Dec 1st though mostly already happens before Christmas - does then intensify to mostly 800 plus though in final week...
Here’s the full interactive map - an excellent resource from @phe_england where you can go back over time week by week and zoom into local authority and almost ward level...
Seems to show up the emergence of new variant in north Kent
More detailed figures from Metro Mayor... in just a fortnight since Christmas Eve, Liverpool City region 7 day case rate has gone up five-fold - from 209/100k to 1015 overall - six fold in Halton (1236) and Knowsley (1352)
Also notable/ concerning - Bournemouth & poole now at 847/100k, above some areas of eg London... rate was 70 a month ago...
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Dutch customs on Dutch TV taking away drivers’ ham sandwiches on ferry from UK arriving at Hook of Holland, also put seized food shopping (Waitrose?) on facebook - this is a standard implication of Brexit deal, long indicated in prep documents both in UK and EU...
The interesting thing here will be how this new prohibition (without correct documentation) on free flow of even personal food exports from UK to EU (and eventually vice versa) will be applied on short straits at Coquelles? Calais? UK side juxtaposed controls? Not at all?
Dutch incredibly organised on full implications of Brexit for their customs - three years’ ago Dutch customs developed online portal explaining full implications of non-tariff barriers, advised small businesses not to use GB parts (rules of origin) etc
And adjusted per thousand population, excess deaths over previous 5 years higher already than any year since 1950 including the 1950s flu epidemic: ONS
Already in 52 weeks to Christmas Day, 2020 surpassed 600k UK total deaths for 1st time since 1918 Spanish flu epidemic (tho then population about 40m vs 67m)...unfortunately missing final week data will add few thousand - also comparison with recent years...
DJ plays the Titanic theme music at the outgoing President’s “save America” march in DC...
And - blimey the 33 year old who could be about to lose POTUS’s party the senate @ossoff was a producer on some documentaries... including the BBC 3 Stacey Dooley ones...
“US senate has a higher calling than an endless spiral of partisan vengeance” said current Majority Leader McConnell rejecting the objections to counting the electoral college votes...
NEW / DFDS ferries report “high volume” of vehicles refused and delayed at Calais, Dunkirk and Dover “due to incorrect paperwork being presented at check in”
Expecting further grants to be announced shortly - grants for businesses forced to close were set at up to £3000 a month. Also the Self employed scheme grant rate not yet confirmed after end of month...
NEW:
Chancellor announces further “one off top up” grants of between £4000 and £9000 for businesses in retail hospitality and leisure now obliged to lockdown - based on rateable value.
Expected to benefit 600,000 businesses, will include funding for all four nations, cost £4.6bn