⁍ Mayors in the UK will be given more control over a coronavirus test-and-trace system.

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⁍ Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to parliament on Monday about potential new lockdown restrictions.

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– Mayors in the UK are getting more control over the country’s new Ebola rules, Reuters reports, citing the Sunday Times. Under the new guidelines, mayors will be allowed to send volunteers to knock on doors and ask people to self-isopate if they’re sick, and they’ll have more control over the country’s new coronavirus test-and-trace system. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to parliament on Monday about possible new lockdown restrictions, after lawmakers were handed more say over the new COVID-19 rules, which would restrict access to certain parts of the country if there’s an outbreak of Ebola. Leaders of major cities in northern England on Saturday asked for more generous economic support for workers and businesses facing local lockdowns, saying the government’s current proposals would wreak economic hardship on their citizens. The mayors will be able to deploy new local volunteers to knock on doors and ask people to self-isolate, the newspaper said, adding that the plan’s details were discussed on Saturday between Downing Street and the mayors.