Table of contents

  1. Circuit breaker
  2. Coronavirus and COVID-19
  3. Deaths and COVID-19
  4. Eat Out to Help Out
  5. Extended households
  6. Firebreak
  7. Furlough
  8. Job Retention Scheme
  9. Local lockdowns and restrictions
  10. Lockdown
  11. New virus variant
  12. Outbreak or pandemic?
  13. Pre-coronavirus, pre-pandemic and pre-lockdown
  14. Quarantine
  15. Self-isolation
  16. Shielding
  17. Support bubble
  18. Social distancing
  19. Test and trace

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Circuit breaker

A circuit breaker is a strict set of restrictions that could be introduced for a fixed period of time, for example, a minimum of two weeks. It is designed to help slow down the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in local communities. 

A circuit breaker would include a ban on household mixing and non-essential travel as well as the closure of non-essential shops and hospitality. In Wales, a circuit breaker has been called a firebreak. 

Circuit breaker should be lower case and two words.