By Tim Ross and Eddie Spence
Saturday December 19, 2020 17:19:32 GMT+0100
Updated on Saturday December 19, 2020 17:33:24 GMT+0100

Capital, southeast England move into new ‘Tier 4’ from Sunday

New strain forces Johnson to scrap five-day Christmas easing

Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a full lockdown on London and large parts of southeast England and told the public across the country to avoid travel, in a desperate attempt to stop a new strain of coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in the U.K.
After emergency talks with his most senior officials, Johnson canceled plans to ease pandemic restrictions for five days during the holiday. Household mixing will be banned in London and the south-east and socializing restricted to just Christmas Day across the rest of England.
The premier announced a new Tier 4 will apply in the hot-spot areas around the capital from Sunday, with all non-essential shops closing, millions of people ordered to stay at home and all foreign travel banned except for essential purposes. Johnson urged people across England to “stay local” and not travel far. He promised the new rules will be reviewed on Dec. 30.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-19/london-put-in-emergency-lockdown-as-u-k-fights-new-virus-strain

“When the virus changes its method of attack we must change our method of defense,” Johnson said at a news conference. “Without action the evidence suggests infections would soar, hospitals would become overwhelmed and many thousands more would lose their lives.”

The dramatic escalation in the government’s pandemic response was triggered by a new strain of the virus that is virtually unique to the U.K. Emerging scientific evidence suggests the new strain can spread significantly more quickly than previous strains in circulation and is behind a huge surge in infections in recent days.

Covid-19 case rates nearly doubled in London over the past week, with almost 60% of these infections attributed to the new strain of the virus, according to government officials.

TIER 4 LONDON LOCKDOWN RULES FROM DEC. 20

People must stay at home, unless they must travel for work, education, healthcare

Households are largely banned from mixing, there will be no Christmas bubbles

All non-essential shops, indoor leisure and entertainment, personal care such as hair salons will close

Socializing limited -- one person can meet one other from a different household, in a public space outside. Exceptions apply for support bubbles

People will be advised not to enter Tier 4 areas and residents in Tier 4 areas must not stay overnight away from home

Tier 4 applies to: whole of London, Kent, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, most of Surrey, Bedfordshire, Luton, Hertfordshire, most of Essex

Rules apply for two weeks, will be reviewed on Dec. 30

England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said that the new variant was faster spreading, and likely behind the alarming climb of case numbers in that part of the country.
“There is no current evidence to suggest the new strain causes a higher mortality rate or that it affects vaccines and treatments although urgent work is underway to confirm this,” Whitty said. “Given this latest development it is now more vital than ever that the public continue to take action in their area to reduce transmission.”

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This coro nor wan rest


Humans need to go back to their normal life. It is affecting everybody, negatively.

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China God dey ooo.

On God

Buhari will now copy

And china has defeated this coro that started frm their area
This pandenic has helped them chinese in ways that makes one feel uneasy and worried

Naija lockdown loading

Why has this disease refused to die?!

The world cannot take another lockdown!

Just watch the way Nigeria will shut down everything just because the whole world is doing so....

Not only did the EndSars protest expose the shortcomings of the police force...It also exposed the Fraud called Covid-19 in Nigeria.

If you know you know.

The whole Lagos supposed don finish na...
Or was the Virus on break during the EndSars Protest.

Operation stay at home for Christmas

Those involved in this virus scheme really have alot of strains to release one by one for steady cashout... Money must be made....by any means.... Biochemical war is the New world War

Coro should not come and spoil 2021 o! Na beg I dey beg. We've had enough.

Egungun don finally cross benin bypass..

Lock down begins in earnest Dec. 25th in Nigeria.

These people are really wicked.

Just look at how they are using a SCAMdemic to abuse and traumatize their people.

Thank God I left before the lockdown but hoping Naija don’t lockdown the airports before I return after my Xmas holidays.

Nah wah for this COVID 19 palava! Abeg, it should not carryover lockdown into 2021 o! We are tired!

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Just when we thought 2020 will be the end of this

The regular adoption of locking people in their houses to reduce the spread is an embarrassment to science. It's either there's a political undertone to it all or the big pharmas aren't economically motivated enough to find a cure. The whole thing smells funny and I'm not eating it.

Not again which one is part 2 of coronavirus.

God pls let everything called covid-19 end with 2002 let 2021 be a year of recovery for us all

Loads of scaremongering rubbish, don’t fall for the vaccines shit. They’ve got a map, just as Usman Dafodo Janjawe are determined to sink Quran in Atlantic Ocean and take over Yoruba ancestral land.

Evil genius, we are waiting for you.

Aso rock dullard copies everything

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The world is in trouble.China abeg let people rest nah.