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No Tier 5 or national lockdown today, Matt Hancock confirms despite Covid surge

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday that the UK will not be plunged back into a national lockdown - after ruling out an even stricter Tier 5.

Just a day after Independent SAGE said England's Tier 4 restrictions aren't tough enough to control the mutant Covid-19 strain, Hancock confirmed more regions in England will be plunged into tougher restrictions.

After record numbers of daily coronavirus cases and hospitalisations, the Health Secretary revealed he planned to introduce more restrictions across the country - but ruled out a full lockdown like the one in March.

He will announce full details at 3pm in an announcement, but denied he'll be announcing a national lockdown, or a Tier 5. Hancock told the

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