⁍ The lockdown will begin on Friday at 1700 GMT and end on Nov. 9.

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⁍ Everybody but essential workers will have to work from home.

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⁍ Business affected will be supported by a 300 million pound ($390 million) fund.

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– If you’re in Wales, you’re going to have to work from home for the next two weeks. That’s because the country is introducing a “fire-break” lockdown to combat the second wave of coronavirus, which has now infected 950 people, Reuters reports. “It will have to be sharp and deep in order to have the impact we need,” says Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford. “If we do not act now, it will continue to accelerate.” The lockdown will begin Friday and end Nov. 9. “Everybody but essential workers will have to work from home,” says Drakeford. All non-essential retail, leisure, hospitality, and tourist businesses will have to close. Most children apart from some older students will return to school in the second week after the half-term holiday. The United Kingdom recorded 16,982 new daily cases of coronavirus in the space of 24 hours, according to government data issued on Sunday, up from 16,717 the previous day. Wales recorded 950 cases, up from just 400 at the start of the month. All four countries of the United Kingdom are seeing a resurgence of coronavirus. Northern Ireland started a four-week period of tougher curbs on Friday, while Scotland has imposed new rules for hospitality. England has moved to a three-tier approach that has led to clashes between central and regional government. After a public row with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of attempting to sacrifice the north of England to save jobs in the south, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said a stricter lockdown could be imposed there within days.