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The grim countenances of Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance told the story before they even started talking – Christmas was off. As Boris Johnson sat in the Cabinet Room at 5pm on Friday, Whitty and Vallance appeared on the Zoom monitors and started reeling off increasingly alarming data about the new mutant strain of the coronavirus.
In what one participant described as ‘a script from a horror film’, they told the shaken-looking Prime Minister that the variant was 70 per cent more transmissible – and was already responsible for the majority of new infections in the ‘hotspot’ of London and the South East.
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Boris Johnson yesterday said he was “bitterly disappointed” to axe festivities and create a tough new Tier 4 area for most of the south east of England. No one in those areas can visit other households to celebrate, essentially wrecking Christmas for more than 16 million people. The rest of Britain will see their relaxed indoor mixing rules cut from a proposed five days down to just Christmas Day.
2020-12-19 17:35:35 GMT2020-12-20 01:35:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
People walk past Burlington Arcade on Piccadilly in London, Britain, on Dec. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
LONDON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new Tier Four of coronavirus restrictions for London and other parts of England to combat an alarming surge in infections linked to a new virulent strain.
The planned relaxation of coronavirus rules for Christmas is scrapped for a large part of southeast England, and cut to one day for rest of the region, Johnson said at a virtual press conference at Downing Street.
UK PM announces new tighter COVID restrictions
Published : 19 Dec 2020, 22:33
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A woman wearing a face mask is seen inside a shop in central London, Britain, on Dec. 18, 2020. Photo: Xinhua by Han Yan.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new Tier Four of coronavirus restrictions for London and other parts of England to combat an alarming surge in infections linked to a new virulent strain, reported Xinhua. The planned relaxation of coronavirus rules for Christmas is scrapped for a large part of southeast England, and cut to one day for rest of the region, Johnson said at a virtual press conference at Downing Street.