direct to your inboxA third national lockdown has been ordered in England.Boris Johnson announced the new measures in a televised address on Monday (January 4).People are once again being asked to stay at home, non-essential businesses will be forced to close and schools will move to remote learning - except for vulnerable and key worker children.The Prime Minister said the new variant of coronavirus - which is 50pc to 70pc more transmissible - was spreading in a "frustrating and alarming" manner.He also said hospitals are under more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic.The rules implemented are similar to those introduced last March - however support and childcare bubbles, which were introduced later on, can.
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