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UK crisis talks around new COVID variant – PerthNow
A new, rapidly spreading variant of COVID-19 has led British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to tighten lockdown restrictions heading into the festive season.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled Christmas for millions of people across London and south-east England after scientists said that a new coronavirus variant is spreading more rapidly.
Johnson announced that from Sunday areas in the southeast currently in the country’s Tier 3 will be moved into a new Tier 4 – effectively returning to the lockdown rules of November.
Non-essential shops, gyms, cinemas and hairdressers will be forced to close for two weeks – while people will be restricted…
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