The government plans to measure the severity of Covid-19 in England, with a new five-level, colour-coded alert system.

• Level five (red) - a "material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed" - extremely strict social distancing
• Level four - a high or rising level of transmission - enforced social distancing
• Level three - the virus is in general circulation - social distancing relaxed
• Level two - the number of cases and transmission are low - minimal social distancing
• Level one (green) - Covid-19 is no longer present in the UK - no social distancing
• The UK's current position is best described as level four - the virus is still being transmitted widely and many social-distancing measures will not be relaxed.