Bristol Says It's Now In Tier 1+ And Things Are Getting Complicated
Bristol Council has unveiled new measures to control the local rise in Covid-19 cases – and created a whole new sub-tier of lockdown for itself in the process.
England is currently under a three-tier system, with alert levels set at medium, high and very high – translating to tier 1, 2 and 3 of restrictions.
But that wasn’t enough for Bristol, where there are currently 340.7 new cases per 100,000. Home to around half a million people, the city declared it is now under “tier 1+”, an entirely new sub-tier altogether.
"We regard ourselves now as being in Tier 1+" Ms Gray said
— Amanda Cameron LDR (@AmandaSCameron) October 28, 2020
The government’s tiered system, announced on October 12, was intended to improve the functioning of test and trace (which isn’t exactly going brilliantly) and clear up some of the confusing public health messaging.
But with Bristol City Council going rogue by putting itself in a new tier all of its own, we’re not sure things are getting any simpler.
So let me get this right:
Tier 0 (Scotland only)
Tier 1 (UK)
Tier 1+ (Bristol only)
Tier 2 (UK)
Tier 3 (UK)
Tier 4 (Scotland only)
Tears (Me)— Conrad Quilty-Harper (@Coneee) October 28, 2020
Inventing a whole new subtier for Bristol is very Bristol. https://t.co/GkTd5unhRu
— Rachael Krishna (@RachaelKrishna) October 28, 2020
Tier 1 plus you know. Business class Covid. https://t.co/VRHa5TBCmy
— TransJamaican (@Whitb_xx) October 28, 2020
explaining how Tier 1 Plus fits into the system pic.twitter.com/OcfAB9M6Gk
— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) October 28, 2020
What does tier 1+ actually mean?
It’s important to note that tier 1+ isn’t a national strategy – it was created locally by leaders in the South West but implemented first by Bristol City Council, explained the city’s director of public health Christina Gray.
