Tier 3+ for Nottingham
Beauty salons in Nottinghamshire will have to close when the region is placed under England’s strictest lockdown restrictions from Friday.
Jason Zadrozny, the leader of Ashfield district council, said the county had been placed in “tier 3 plus” as nail parlours, tanning salons and tattoo parlours are forced to close as well as many pubs and bars.
He told the Guardian: “We’re effectively in tier 3 plus. The additions for us in Nottinghamshire on top of tier 3 are personal care things – sunbeds, nail parlours, beauty salons, tattoo parlours – on the recommendation of Public
Health England because they think tier 3 wasn’t enough to dampen the curve across Nottinghamshire.”
Pubs and bars that cannot serve substantial meals will also have to close under the measures, it is understood, but hairdressers and barbershops will be allowed to remain open.
It had been thought that only the
city of Nottingham and three other council areas would enter tier 3 this week, but rising infection rates mean this has been expanded to the whole of Nottinghamshire, a region of nearly 1.2 million people.