Coronavirus: Disease Control
(asked on 3rd November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the R rate needs to be below 1 by 2 December in order for the national COVID-19 restrictions to be lifted.
This question was answered on 25th February 2021
‘R’ is just one of the many indicators the Government takes into account when making a decision on national COVID-19 restrictions. These include indicators related to National Health Service pressures and the weekly case rate.