Boris Johnson orders highest coronavirus restrictions for three quarters of the UK’s population to counter surge of new strain – ABC News

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ordering millions more people to live under the strictest COVID-19 restrictions from Thursday to counter a new variant of the virus that is spreading at a “sheer pace” across the country.

• Restrictions announced by Boris Johnson will affect more than 44 million people
• The new measures come as cases continue to surge across the country
• The UK reported a further 981 deaths on Wednesday

Case numbers have risen sharply in Britain in the past two weeks, driven in part…

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