SwingsitlikeHogan
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The government use a random number generator to decide which areas go down into lockdown. So they look at the numbers in your postcode and if they match you go into lockdown. As for why it is starting to spread again then it is either down to the fact that more people are mixing due to the recent relaxations, mostly driven by the need to get the economy up and running again, and mixing is how the virus spreads. Or 5G. Take your pick. And just a heads up to avoid any future disappointment, the government's measures do not mean the virus will not spread. If they wanted no spreading to happen we would all be in very severe lockdown.
And yes god forbid they lock down your area, if they do I suggest you join the increasing band of brave patriots and freedom fighters by not wearing a mask in Lidl and posting it on social media. True heroes.
As the Victoria state government has applied to Melbourne. A city of 5m with a curfew from 8pm to 5am, and very strict constraints on what you can do and where you can go the rest of the time. And I believe that Melbourne's numbers of infections and deaths are pretty consistent with what we are seeing across the UK at the moment as a whole.
And it is going to be in place for at least 4 weeks. They want to stamp on it hard.