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Covid-19 mutation is out of control, says UK; London under lockdown

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More than 16 million Britons are now required to stay at home as a lockdown came into force Sunday in London and southeast England

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2 min read Last Updated : Dec 21 2020 | 1:18 AM IST

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned the new mutant strain of the coronavirus is “out of control” and suggested parts of England will be stuck in the new highest tier of restrictions until a vaccine is rolled out.

More than 16 million Britons are now required to stay at home as a lockdown came into force Sunday in London and southeast England and the government scrapped plans to relax rules on socializing at Christmas in an attempt to control the fast-spreading new variant of the virus.

The measures ban household mixing in the capital and the southeast, and restrict socializing

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown London Coronavirus Tests

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