“So now is the time to take action because there is no alternative and from Thursday until the start of December. You must stay at home. You may only leave home for specific reasons,” Boris Johnson said.

“Non-essential shops leisure and entertainment venues will all be closed. Click and collect Services can continue and essential shops will remain open. So, there's no need to stock up. Pubs bars restaurants must close except for take away and delivery services,” Johnson underlined.

“Workplaces should stay open where people can't work from home. For example, in the construction and Manufacturing centers single adult households can still form exclusive support bubbles with one other household and children will still be able to move between homes if their parents are separated if you're clinically vulnerable or over. “

Johnson urged people be especially careful to follow the rules and minimize their contacts with others.

“I know how tough shielding was and we will not ask people to shield again and again in the same way, but we are asking those who are clinically extremely vulnerable to minimize their contact with others and not to go to work if they are unable to work from home,” he added.