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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">25 March 2020</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coming_into_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Coming into force">Commencement</a></th><td class="infobox-data dtstart">25 March 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Expired</th><td class="infobox-data dtend">Partially expired 25 March 2022, some provisions still in force<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Other legislation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relates to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Civil_Contingencies_Act_2004" title="Civil Contingencies Act 2004">Civil Contingencies Act 2004</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_(Scotland)_Act_2020" title="Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020">Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><div style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Status: Amended</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2019-21/coronavirus.html">History of passage through Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/contents/enacted">Text of statute as originally enacted</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/contents">Revised text of statute as amended</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Coronavirus Act 2020</b> (c. 7) is an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament (UK)">act</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> that granted the government <a href="/wiki/Emergency_powers" class="mw-redirect" title="Emergency powers">emergency powers</a> to handle the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. The act allowed the government the discretionary power to limit or suspend public gatherings, to detain individuals suspected to be infected by <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>, and to intervene or relax regulations in a range of sectors to limit transmission of the disease, ease the burden on public health services, and assist healthcare workers and the economically affected. Areas covered by the act included the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a>, social care, schools, police, <a href="/wiki/Border_Force" title="Border Force">Border Force</a>, local councils, funerals and courts. The act was introduced to Parliament on 19 March 2020, and passed the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons" title="House of Commons">House of Commons</a> without a vote on 23 March, and the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> on 25 March. The act received <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> on 25 March 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The act specified a two-year time limit that could be shortened or lengthened by six months at ministerial discretion.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_2020-timelimit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie_2020-timelimit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of the act's provisions were revoked early, on 17 July 2021, while certain others were extended for six months beyond the two-year period. </p><p>Politicians from several parties demanded closer parliamentary scrutiny of the legislation while it was being debated in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Advocacy groups such as <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(advocacy_group)" title="Liberty (advocacy group)">Liberty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disability_Rights_UK" title="Disability Rights UK">Disability Rights UK</a> likewise called for closer examination of the act and raised concerns over its effects on human rights during and after the pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_history">Legislative history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Legislative history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The act was introduced by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Health_and_Social_Care" title="Secretary of State for Health and Social Care">Secretary of State for Health and Social Care</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a>, on 19 March 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and passed all remaining stages of consideration in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons" title="House of Commons">House of Commons</a> on 23 March without a vote.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It received all stages of consideration in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> on 25 March,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received royal assent on 25 March 2020. </p><p>Conservative MP and former Brexit Secretary <a href="/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)" title="David Davis (British politician)">David Davis</a> tabled an amendment on 21 March to restrict the time limit of the bill to a "brick-wall stop" of one year, threatening a <a href="/wiki/Backbencher" title="Backbencher">backbench</a> rebellion.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conceding to concerns from both Conservative and Labour MPs over infrequent parliamentary scrutiny, on 23 March the government itself amended the bill to require parliamentary renewal of its powers every six months.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent-sixmonths_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-sixmonths-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> agreed a <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Consent_Motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Consent Motion">Legislative Consent Motion</a> on 24 March 2020 for the act to apply to Scotland, and subsequently passed the <a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_(Scotland)_Act_2020" title="Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020">Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020</a> to regulate the devolved response to the Coronavirus pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 March 2021, MPs voted by 484 to 76 to extend the emergency coronavirus powers for a further six months.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provisions">Provisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Provisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The provisions of the Coronavirus Act enabled the government to restrict or prohibit public gatherings, control or suspend public transport, order businesses such as shops and restaurants to close, temporarily detain people suspected of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> infection, suspend the operation of ports and airports, temporarily close educational institutions and childcare premises, enrol medical students and retired healthcare workers in the health services, relax regulations to ease the burden on healthcare services, and assume control of death management in particular local areas.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government stated that these powers may be "switched on and off" according to the medical advice it receives.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_19-03-2020_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_19-03-2020-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The act also provided for measures to combat the economic effects of the pandemic. It included the power to halt the eviction of tenants, protect emergency volunteers from becoming unemployed, and provide special insurance cover for healthcare staff taking on additional responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_19-03-2020_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_19-03-2020-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Powers were included to allow the government to reimburse to employers, the cost of <a href="/wiki/Statutory_sick_pay" title="Statutory sick pay">statutory sick pay</a> for employees affected by COVID-19, and requiring supermarkets to report supply chain disruptions to the government.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The act formally postponed the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">local elections originally scheduled for May 2020</a> and granted the UK and relevant <a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">devolved</a> governments the power to postpone any other election, local referendum, or <a href="/wiki/Recall_petition" class="mw-redirect" title="Recall petition">recall petition</a> until 6<span class="nowrap"> </span>May 2021. Local councillors, <a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected mayors in England and Wales">elected mayors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and Crime Commissioners</a> originally due for election in 2020 served three-year terms after their election in 2021, rather than the normal four years, in order to maintain the normal election cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Time_limit_and_renewal">Time limit and renewal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Time limit and renewal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The act specified a <a href="/wiki/Sunset_provision" title="Sunset provision">two-year time limit</a> which could be shortened or lengthened by six months at ministerial discretion.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_2020-timelimit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie_2020-timelimit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act was later amended to make it subject to parliamentary renewal every six months;<sup id="cite_ref-Independent-sixmonths_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-sixmonths-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> originally, it was to have been returned to Parliament for debate one year after its enactment.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_2020-timelimit_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie_2020-timelimit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Periodic_review">Periodic review</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Periodic review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Section 88 of the act enabled national authorities to suspend (and later revive, if appropriate) many of the act's provisions, and section 97 required the Secretary of State to publish, every two months, a report on the status of the non-devolved provisions. On 7 May 2020, the Department of Health & Social Care published a table showing the status of each provision, including those not at that time in force.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed on 29 May by the first two-monthly report, which gave for provisions not yet in force a brief explanation of the reason, and for those in force an outline of the extent to which the provision has been used.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further reports followed every two months.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fifteenth report in September 2022 was described as the final such report – the last two temporary provisions having expired on 24 September – although a number of permanent provisions remained in force.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evolution_and_partial_expiry">Evolution and partial expiry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Evolution and partial expiry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By September 2020, the provisions addressing potential staff shortages in mental health services had not been used in England, and had only been commenced in part in Wales. An instrument to remove these provisions was laid before Parliament on 21 October and came into force on 9 December 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the one-year review in March 2021, the government stated its intention to revoke twelve sections of the act and suspend three provisions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Changes were subsequently made via <a href="/wiki/Statutory_instrument_(UK)" title="Statutory instrument (UK)">statutory instrument</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several sections of the act were revoked early, on 17 July 2021, by The Coronavirus Act (Early Expiry) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/856.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further expiries came into force on 9 December 2021, bringing the number of expired provisions to 20.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many of the provisions expired automatically on 24 March 2022. Five provisions were amended by SI 2022/362 to expire six months later;<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these concern procedures for coroners' inquests (section 30), remote court hearings (53–55) and the waiting period before payment of Statutory Sick Pay in Northern Ireland (43).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During those six months, the government intended to make the remote court powers permanent under the <a href="/wiki/Police,_Crime,_Sentencing_and_Courts_Act_2022" title="Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022">Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> reported on 19 March 2020 that there was general agreement in Parliament on the measures contained in the act, but some MPs had raised criticisms of their extended duration.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_19-03-2020_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_19-03-2020-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservative backbencher <a href="/wiki/Steve_Baker_(politician)" title="Steve Baker (politician)">Steve Baker</a> reluctantly supported the bill but said that it was ushering in a "dystopian society" and urged the government not to allow the measures to continue "one moment longer" than necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The outgoing <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a> wrote to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> on 18 March requesting that MPs be granted a vote to renew the bill every six months,<sup id="cite_ref-Independent-renewal_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-renewal-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bryant" title="Chris Bryant">Chris Bryant</a> argued that the bill should be subject to renewal every 30 days.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acting leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Ed Davey</a>, also requested that the bill be subject to more frequent parliamentary scrutiny.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent-renewal_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-renewal-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commentator <a href="/wiki/Ian_Dunt" title="Ian Dunt">Ian Dunt</a> labelled the act the "most extensive encroachment on British civil liberties<span class="nowrap"> </span>... ever seen outside of wartime".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The human rights pressure group <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(advocacy_group)" title="Liberty (advocacy group)">Liberty</a> called for closer scrutiny of the bill, raising concerns that significant restrictions on civil liberties could remain in place beyond the end of the pandemic,<sup id="cite_ref-libertyhumanrights_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-libertyhumanrights-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Disability_Rights_UK" title="Disability Rights UK">Disability Rights UK</a> also raised serious concerns about the implications of the Coronavirus Bill on human rights, especially the rights of vulnerable groups, including disabled people.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lord_Sumption" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Sumption">Lord Sumption</a> in a podcast aired on 10 September 2020 pointed out that the "lockdown and the quarantine rules and most of the other regulations have been made under the <a href="/wiki/Public_Health_(Control_of_Disease)_Act_1984" title="Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984">Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984</a>", not the Coronavirus Act 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-dtls_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtls-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020</a>, revoked by this act</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_Regulations_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020">The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Contingencies_Act_2004" title="Civil Contingencies Act 2004">Civil Contingencies Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_(Scotland)_Act_2020" title="Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020">Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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according to government discretion; national authorities may suspend and revive provisions of the Act.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coronavirus_Act_2020&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/section/100">Section 100 of the Act</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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United Kingdom">Statistics</a></li> <li>Timeline <ul><li>2020 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2020)">January–June</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2020)">July–December</a></li></ul></li> <li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(January%E2%80%93June_2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2021)">January–June</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom_(July%E2%80%93December_2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2021)">July–December</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_England" title="COVID-19 pandemic in England">England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_London" title="COVID-19 pandemic in London">London</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Crown_Dependencies" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Guernsey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Isle_of_Man" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jersey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Overseas_Territories" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Anguilla" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Bermuda" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Falkland_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Gibraltar" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Montserrat" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impact</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">Economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%93present_United_Kingdom_cost-of-living_crisis" title="2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis">Cost-of-living crisis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_education_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in the United Kingdom">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_Kingdom_school_exam_grading_controversy" title="2020 United Kingdom school exam grading controversy">Exam grading controversy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Social_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clap_for_Our_Carers" title="Clap for Our Carers">Clap for Our Carers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_protests_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 protests in the United Kingdom">Protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thank_You_NHS" title="Thank You NHS">Thank You NHS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_2.6_Challenge" title="The 2.6 Challenge">The 2.6 Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_Reflection" title="National Day of Reflection">National Day of Reflection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Political_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic#United_Kingdom" title="Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beergate" title="Beergate">Beergate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Recovery_Group" title="COVID Recovery Group">COVID Recovery Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings_scandal" title="Dominic Cummings scandal">Dominic Cummings scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensill_scandal" title="Greensill scandal">Greensill scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic#Brexit" title="Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic">Impact on Brexit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Research_Group" title="Northern Research Group">Northern Research Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partygate" title="Partygate">Partygate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commons_Privileges_Committee_investigation_into_Boris_Johnson" title="Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson">Privileges Committee investigation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_COVID-19_Inquiry" title="UK COVID-19 Inquiry">Public inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_COVID-19_Inquiry" title="Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry">Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_House_of_Commons" title="Virtual House of Commons">Virtual House of Commons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science<br />and<br />healthcare</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antivirals_Taskforce_(UK)" title="Antivirals Taskforce (UK)">Antiviral Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Coronavirus_Cancer_Monitoring_Project" title="UK Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project">Cancer Monitoring Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Genomics_UK_Consortium" title="COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium">COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Symptom_Study" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID Symptom Study">COVID Symptom Study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_passports_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 passports in the United Kingdom">COVID passports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RECOVERY_Trial" title="RECOVERY Trial">RECOVERY Trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PANORAMIC_trial" title="PANORAMIC trial">PANORAMIC trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGILE" title="AGILE">AGILE</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_hospitals_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 hospitals in the United Kingdom">Temporary hospitals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_Birmingham" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham">Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_Yorkshire_and_the_Humber" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber">Harrogate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_London" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_North_West" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital North West">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Nightingale_Hospital_North_East" title="NHS Nightingale Hospital North East">Washington</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Louisa_Jordan" title="NHS Louisa Jordan">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_Heart_Hospital" title="Dragon's Heart Hospital">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_Sports_Park#Florence_Nightingale_Field_Hospital" title="Europa Sports Park">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jersey#Nightingale_hospital" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_testing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 testing in the United Kingdom">Testing programme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHS_COVID-19" title="NHS COVID-19">NHS COVID-19 app</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Test_and_Trace" title="NHS Test and Trace">NHS Test and Trace</a> (England)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test,_Trace,_Protect" title="Test, Trace, Protect">Test, Trace, Protect</a> (Wales)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Moonshot" title="Operation Moonshot">Operation Moonshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test_to_Release" title="Test to Release">Test to Release</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Rapid_Test_Consortium" title="UK Rapid Test Consortium">UK Rapid Test Consortium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom">Vaccination programme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oxford%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine" title="Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine">Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Commission%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine_dispute" title="European Commission–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dispute">European Commission–AstraZeneca dispute</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccines_Manufacturing_and_Innovation_Centre" title="Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre">Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccine_Taskforce" title="Vaccine Taskforce">Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_COVID-19_Vaccine_Deployment" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_legislation_connected_with_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United Kingdom legislation connected with the COVID-19 pandemic">Legislation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_Health_(Control_of_Disease)_Act_1984" title="Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984">Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_Kingdom_budget" title="2020 United Kingdom budget">2020 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contingencies_Fund_Act_2020" title="Contingencies Fund Act 2020">Contingencies Fund Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contingencies_Fund_Act_2021" title="Contingencies Fund Act 2021">Contingencies Fund Act 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_United_Kingdom_summer_statement" title="July 2020 United Kingdom summer statement">Coronavirus mini-budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_United_Kingdom_Winter_Economy_Plan" title="September 2020 United Kingdom Winter Economy Plan">Winter Economy Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamp_Duty_Land_Tax_(Temporary_Relief)_Act_2020" title="Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020">Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporate_Insolvency_and_Governance_Act_2020" title="Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020">Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_and_Planning_Act_2020" title="Business and Planning Act 2020">Business and Planning Act 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightingale_Court" title="Nightingale Court">Nightingale Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_Recovery_Fund" title="Culture Recovery Fund">Culture Recovery Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_United_Kingdom_budget" title="March 2021 United Kingdom budget">2021 budget</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Revoked</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Business_Closure)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_local_lockdown_regulations_in_England" title="COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England">COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_COVID-19_tier_regulations_in_England" title="First COVID-19 tier regulations in England">First COVID-19 tier regulations in England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_(No._4)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(All_Tiers)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_International_Travel)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, International Travel (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings_on_Public_Transport)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020">Face Coverings on Public Transport (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings_in_a_Relevant_Place)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020">Face Coverings in a Relevant Place (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Steps)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, Restrictions (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Local_Authority_Enforcement_Powers_and_Amendment)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (Local Authority Enforcement...) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(England)_(No._3)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Self-Isolation)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_International_Travel_and_Operator_Liability)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Coronavirus Act 2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Expired<br />or spent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(No._2)_(England)_Regulations_2020" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020">Coronavirus, Restrictions (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Wearing_of_Face_Coverings)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(Entry_to_Venues_and_Events)_(England)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021">Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Protection_(Coronavirus,_Restrictions)_(All_Tiers_and_Self-Isolation)_(England)_(Amendment)_Regulations_2021" title="Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021">Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United Kingdom responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">Responses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_Job_Retention_Scheme" title="Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme">Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controversies_regarding_COVID-19_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Controversies regarding COVID-19 contracts in the United Kingdom">Contract controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom">Lockdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eat_Out_to_Help_Out" title="Eat Out to Help Out">Eat Out to Help Out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Travel_Taskforce" title="Global Travel Taskforce">Global Travel Taskforce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Tutoring_Programme" title="National Tutoring Programme">National Tutoring Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pick_for_Britain" title="Pick for Britain">Pick for Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Birch" title="Project Birch">Project Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Can_you_look_them_in_the_eyes%3F" title="Can you look them in the eyes?">Can you look them in the eyes?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Covid_Recovery" title="Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery">Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery</a> (Scotland)</li> <li>Pre-pandemic exercises <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exercise_Cygnus" title="Exercise Cygnus">Exercise Cygnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coughs_and_sneezes_spread_diseases" title="Coughs and sneezes spread diseases">Coughs and sneezes spread diseases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catch_It,_Bin_It,_Kill_It" title="Catch It, Bin It, Kill It">Catch It, Bin It, Kill It</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rescript" title="Operation Rescript">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Broadshare" title="Operation Broadshare">Overseas territories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Timelines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(January%E2%80%93June_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (January–June 2020)">January–June 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(July%E2%80%93December_2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (July–December 2020)">July–December 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Northern Ireland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Northern_Ireland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Scotland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Scotland_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wales <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2020)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2021)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wales_(2022)" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2022)">2022</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advisory<br />bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_COVID-19_Response_Team" title="Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team">Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_SAGE" title="Independent SAGE">Independent SAGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Biosecurity_Centre" title="Joint Biosecurity Centre">Joint Biosecurity Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_Vaccination_and_Immunisation" title="Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation">Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_and_Emerging_Respiratory_Virus_Threats_Advisory_Group" title="New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group">New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_Advisory_Group_for_Emergencies" title="Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies">Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Fenton" title="Kevin Fenton">Kevin Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Ferguson_(epidemiologist)" title="Neil Ferguson (epidemiologist)">Neil Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido_Harding" title="Dido Harding">Dido Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Harries" title="Jenny Harries">Jenny Harries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Shen_Lim" title="Wei Shen Lim">Wei Shen Lim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Prosser" title="Phil Prosser">Phil Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Raine" title="June Raine">June Raine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Throup" title="Maggie Throup">Maggie Throup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vallance" title="Patrick Vallance">Patrick Vallance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Van-Tam" title="Jonathan Van-Tam">Jonathan Van-Tam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Whitty" title="Chris Whitty">Chris Whitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi" title="Nadhim Zahawi">Nadhim Zahawi</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Powis" title="Stephen Powis">Stephen Powis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Pritchard" title="Amanda Pritchard">Amanda Pritchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Stevens" title="Simon Stevens">Simon Stevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Foster" title="Arlene Foster">Arlene Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Givan" title="Paul Givan">Paul Givan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_McArdle" title="Charlotte McArdle">Charlotte McArdle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McBride_(doctor)" title="Michael McBride (doctor)">Michael McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Swann" title="Robin Swann">Robin Swann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Calderwood" title="Catherine Calderwood">Catherine Calderwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_FitzPatrick" title="Joe FitzPatrick">Joe FitzPatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeane_Freeman" title="Jeane Freeman">Jeane Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Leitch" title="Jason Leitch">Jason Leitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregor_Smith" title="Gregor Smith">Gregor Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Sridhar" title="Devi Sridhar">Devi Sridhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Atherton" title="Frank Atherton">Frank Atherton</a></li> <li><a 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