BREAKING More areas in England to plunge into Tier 4 lockdown from Boxing Day
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mirror.co.ukLarge parts of the UK will join London and parts of the South East in Tier 4 from Boxing Day, the Mirror understands. The rate at which coronavirus is spreading has increased and is understood have created the pressure on ministers to impose Tier 4 lockdowns on more parts of England.
Fears over crowds at Boxing Day sales and a second variant strain originally from South Africa which is spreading fast are also factors which spooked Ministers.
At a Downing Street press conference, Mr Hancock said that cases had risen "57% across the country in the last week" and that the rise in cases left him in no doubt that harsher lockdowns are in the national interest. "We simply cannot have the Christmas that we all yearn for," he added as he called
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