COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom refer to a series of stay-at-home orders introduced by the British and devolved governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 23 March 2020, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the government would introduce a nationwide lockdown to curb a widening outbreak of COVID-19, closing many sectors and ordering the public to stay at home. This was incrementally lifted, starting from several weeks later. Similar restrictions would be introduced in late 2020 and early 2021 as infections rose. Restrictions diverged to apply to piecemeal geographic areas, and then to larger-scale restrictions that differed between the four countries of the United Kingdom. Health in the UK is devolved to each of the four nations, meaning such restrictions are d
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