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Britain’s right-wing government under fire as new COVID strain rapidly spreads December 21, 2020 11:44 AM CDT By Morning Star
Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been forced to reverse course on a plan to lift coronavirus restrictions for Christmas following the identification of a new, more contagious COVID-19 strain in Britain. Trade unions and the opposition Labour Party say it was reckless for Johnson to make the holiday promise in the first place. | Frank Augstein / AP
FAILING to introduce Covid restrictions earlier was an “act of gross negligence,” Labour charged today after the PM sprung new measures on millions days before Christmas.
Tough new coronavirus controls were placed on London, the south-east and east of England from midnight on Sunday sparking anger over the government’s handling of the crisis.
The additional measures, which ban household mixing over the festive period, could remain in place for the “next couple of months,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock said today.
Mr Hancock insisted that ministers had acted “very quickly and decisively” after they were told on Friday by scientist advisers that a new strain of the virus was spreading more quickly in the region.