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UK says more of England to go into top tier of COVID restrictions

This is a bid to curb the spread of a more transmissible variant of COVID-19

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, and Health Minister Matt Hancock.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, and Health Minister Matt Hancock.
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London: British health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday more areas in England would be placed into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of a more transmissible variant of COVID-19.

Hancock said from Dec. 26, large regions across southern England would join London and neighbouring areas in Tier 4 with restrictions similar to that of a lockdown.

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