A global lockdown across Britain has been announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a speech. In this way, the authorities will try to put a "brake" on the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic, due to its mutated strain. The universal lockdown will start at midnight. "This means that the government is again ordering you to stay home," he said.
As announced, all schools and universities will close, and will return to distance learning. "It is clear that we need to do more to bring this new mutation under control as our vaccines are given," said Boris Johnson in a statement to the British people. hard enough to limit this mutation. "
Britain recorded a record number of cases on Monday (04/01) Covid-19, at 58.784 and an additional 407 deaths.
"We now have a new variant of the virus and it's been both frustrating and alarming to see the speed with which the new variant is spreading"
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- BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 4, 2021
Source: Nation