direct to your inboxMore areas in England will move into Tier 4 lockdown. The new alert level - where restrictions are those of the national lockdown - was first introduced Boris Johnson during a televised press conference on Saturday (December 19).
The decision came as a new strain of coronavirus was thought to be the cause of accelerating cases of the virus in London and the South East.
It is thought that the new variant, which is estimated to be up to 70 percent more infectious, has already been identified across other areas including in the North West.The decision to put more areas into the highest level of alert comes after plans for a full national lockdown from Wednesday were discussed at a Gold Command meeting on Tuesday.Matt.
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