Circuit breaker: What is a circuit-breaker lockdown? - BBC News

The First Minister of Wales has announced a fire-break lockdown, also known as a circuit breaker. The national lockdown, also known as a circuit breaker, will start at 6pm on 23 October. But what exactly is a circuit breaker in Covid terms? Northern Ireland, Singapore and Israel have all used circuit breakers to try to reduce their coronavirus cases. But how do they work? How long is a covid circuit breaker? How can it help fight coronavirus? BBC health correspondent Laura Foster explains it all in a minute. Video by Laura Foster, Terry Saunders and Mattea Bubalo Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

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