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Karantina wilayah Covid-19 di Britania Raya

Menanggapi pandemi Covid-19 di Britania Raya, karantina wilayah di seluruh Britania Raya dimulai pada 23 Maret 2020 yang diberlakukan berdasarkan instrumen undang-undang baru. Ini adalah perintah eksplisit tinggal di rumah yang melarang semua perjalanan dan pertemuan sosial yang tidak penting. Beberapa aturan dilonggarkan secara bertahap pada bulan-bulan berikutnya di Inggris; mulai tanggal 13 Mei, "dua orang dari rumah tangga yang berbeda diizinkan untuk bertemu di luar di tempat umum, seperti taman, asalkan mereka tetap berjarak 2 meter". Enam orang diizinkan untuk bersosialisasi di luar ruangan pada bulan Juni, dan pertemuan sosial di dalam ruangan hanya diizinkan mulai tanggal 4 Juli dan hanya antara anggota dari dua rumah tangga.

With the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a second national lockdown started in England on 5 November 2020. A regional tiered lockdown system replaced this on 2 December. London was initially placed in "Tier 2", was moved to the highest level "Tier 3" on 16 December, and finally placed under a newly introduced stay-at-home order, "Tier 4", on 19 December. People socialising between households or outside of support bubbles was not allowed throughout this period. Household mixing and socialising for Christmas itself was also restricted to a small number of households and only permitted on 25 December across much of the UK, and in London was cancelled altogether.

On 5 January 2021, a third lockdown began across the whole of England. This was gradually lifted in a series of steps beginning 29 March, with social contact limited to groups of six from no more than two households, with social distancing, and only permitted outdoors, into April.