Indoor team sport banned in England as Boris Johnson tightens coronavirus restrictions
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Your support makes all the difference.Indoor team sport is being banned in England again as coronavirus restrictions are tightened following the surge in infections.
Activities including five-a-side football will no longer be allowed from Thursday – as the exemption under the ‘rule of six’ law is removed, Boris Johnson announced.
The move will allow sport to continue outdoors – where the risk of transmission is lower – although the government is not ruling out a further crackdown, if necessary.
In a statement to MPs, the prime minister warned coronavirus would “spread faster as autumn becomes winter”, adding: “This is the moment where we must act.”
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