London<\/a> has been confirmed \u2013 putting the capital city on track for curbs on socialising and nights out in around a fortnight.<\/p>\nThe number of cases per 100,000 over seven days has shot up from 18.8 to around 25, the Evening Standard can reveal.<\/p>\n
The Standard has also seen the official plan drawn up to co-ordinate London\u2019s response to the increase in cases that health chiefs are now braced for. Called \u201cLondon Epidemic Response Escalation Framework\u201d, it sets out a programme of intensified measures each time a \u201ctrigger point\u201d is crossed.<\/p>\n
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The first trigger points will be officially crossed when today\u2019s data is published, and if the plan is followed exactly, health chiefs would be expected to hold a city-wide reassessment of how the disease is spreading and make preparation for extra testing and measures to slow transmission in the community.<\/p>\n
In at least a dozen boroughs, the figure is around 30 or higher, according to analysis by the Standard.<\/p>\n\nRead more<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n East London is seeing the worst spike, with figures of between 35 and 40 in Redbridge and Newham, and around 30 in Barking, Havering, Hackney and Tower Hamlets. In West London, Hounslow has the highest figure, at around 35.<\/p>\n
If the London rate keeps rising, the plan outlines more severe restrictions on the public, including \u201creintroduce epidemic controls\u201d, \u201cmandatory masks\u201d, \u201crestrict religious gatherings\u201d and \u201crestrict social contacts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n1\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA woman jogging near City Hall, London, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK in lockdown<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n2\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nAn image of Queen Elizabeth II and quotes from her broadcast on Sunday to the UK and the Commonwealth in relation to the coronavirus epidemic are displayed on lights in London’s Piccadilly Circus<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n3\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA pedestrian walks past a billboard reading “Please believe these days will pass” on Broadway Market in east London<\/p>\n
AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n4\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nMilitary vehicles cross Westminster Bridge<\/p>\n
Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n5\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nBoris Johnson<\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n6\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nSun-seekers cool off in the water and sunbathe on the riverbank at Hackney Marshes in east London<\/p>\n
AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n7\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nEd Davey is shown on screens as he speaks via videolink during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n8\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA herd of fallow deer graze on the lawns in front of a housing estate in Harold Hill in east London<\/p>\n
AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n9\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA woman wearing a mask crosses a bridge over Camden Lock, London<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n10\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nAn empty Millenium Bridge <\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n11\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA sign advertising a book titled “How Will We Survive On Earth?” is seen on an underground station platform<\/p>\n
Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n12\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nPeople push to enter the Niketown shop in Londo<\/p>\n
AP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n13\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nJo Proudlove and daughter Eve, 9, follow the daily online “PE with Joe” Joe Wickes’ exercise class on “Fancy dress Friday<\/p>\n
Reuters<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n14\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nPolice in Westminster\n<\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n15\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nWaterloo station looking empty<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n16\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nGetty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n17\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA quiet Parliament Square<\/p>\n
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PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n19\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nSocial distancing markers around the camel enclosure at ZSL London Zoo<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n20\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA police car patrols Greenwich Park in London<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n21\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nThe Premier League in action in front of empty stands <\/p>\n
AP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n22\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nNovikov restaurant in London with its shutters pulled down while the restaurant is closed.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n23\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA deserted Piccadilly Circus<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n24\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA general view is seen of a deserted Trafalgar Square<\/p>\n
AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n25\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nGetty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n26\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nThe iconic Abbey Road crossing is seen after a re-paint by a Highways Maintenance team as they take advantage of the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown and quiet streets to refresh the markings<\/p>\n
Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n27\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA view of 20 Fenchurch Street (the ‘Walkie Talkie’ building) in the City of London, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n28\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA deserted Chinatown<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n29\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA person looks at graffiti on a JD Wetherspoon pub in Crystal Palace, south London. Wetherspoons workers have described founder Tim Martin’s lack of support for his chain’s 40,000 employees as “absolutely outrageous”<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n30\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nThe London ExCel centre that has been turned into a makeshift NHS Hospital and critical care unit to cope with the Coronavirus pandemic<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n31\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nThe Palace Theatre, which usually shows the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play, sits in a deserted Shaftesbury Avenue <\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n32\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nThe Sondheim Theatre, which usually shows the Les Miserables musical, sits in a deserted Shaftesbury Avenue <\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n33\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nTwo members of a British Army mounted regiment exercise their horses in Parliament Square<\/p>\n
AP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n34\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nWestminster Bridge is deserted<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n35\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA quiet Canary Wharf Underground Station<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n36\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nAn empty street and bus stop at St James’s Park <\/p>\n
AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n37\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nWhitehall<\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n38\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA quiet Canary Wharf Underground Station<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n39\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nA single pedestrian walks past The national Gallery <\/p>\n
AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n40\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nLondon Bridge Station <\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n41\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nKings Cross and St Pancras<\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n42\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nBuckingham Palace looking empty in London,<\/p>\n
PA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n43\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nLondon Bridge Station <\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n44\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nKings Cross and St Pancras<\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n45\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nLondon Bridge Station <\/p>\n
Jeremy Selwyn<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n46\/50<\/span> <\/h2>\nLondon’s Carnaby Street empty as shops closed after a lockdown was announced in the latest bid to stop the spread of coronavirus through the UK<\/p>\n
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