As numbers of Covid-19 cases in Birmingham have dramatically risen in the past week, increased lockdown measures have been announced for Birmingham and other areas of the West Midlands, people wearing face masks waiting at a bus stop just outside the shopping district in the city centre on 12th September 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. With the rule of six also being implemented the Birmingham area has now be escalated to an area of national intervention, with a ban on people socialising with people outside their own household, unless they are from the same support bubble.
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