Coronavirus: Parts of England could be stuck in Tier 4 until April, Boris Johnson warns

mirror.co.uk:

Large parts of the country could be in Tier 4 for months, the Prime Minister has warned. On the day that the Government announced plans to plunge millions more into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from midnight tonight, Boris Johnson suggested it could be for the long haul.

During an interview this afternoon he was asked how long areas might stay in Tier 4 for. The PM told ITV News: “I think Chris Whitty set a sort of terminus of April 5, Easter, where he taught things would be much much much better…" When he was asked the same question again, Johnson said: “That will depend on how fast we can get the virus under control with tough tiering, with testing, and with rolling out the vaccination programme. “I’m not going to give