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. Job Retention Scheme
  8. Furlough
  9. Local lockdowns and restrictions
  10. Lockdown
  11. Long COVID
  12. New variants of the coronavirus
  13. Outbreak or pandemic?
  14. Quarantine
  15. Pre-coronavirus, pre-pandemic and pre-lockdown
  16. Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
  17. Self-isolation
  18. Shielding
  19. Social distancing
  20. Support bubble
  21. Test and trace
  22. Vaccines and vaccinations 

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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.