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The UK government has said a new mutation of the coronavirus is “out of control” in parts of England and spreading rapidly. The latest figures show more than 35,000 new infections, many in London and the south-east. Several countries have announced that they are banning travel from the UK — with France suspending passenger and …

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In a dramatic change of policy, millions of people across England have been placed under a new tougher tier of coronavirus restrictions, meaning families will not be able to mix at all this Christmas. Boris Johnson made the announcement after scientists said a mutation of Covid-19 was spreading rapidly in London, the south east and …

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The UK government’s plans to test millions of school pupils in England for Covid when they return to their classrooms in January is undeliverable – according to teaching unions, school governors, the Church of England and colleges. Ministers announced the plans yesterday along with a staggered return to the classroom. But schools says it will …

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Hospitals across south-east England have begun cancelling non-urgent operations with some struggling to cope with twice the number of patients they had in the spring. It comes as UK government sources warned of concerns that the new variant of Covid-19 could be more infectious and harder to contain. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he …

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Despite growing pressure from doctors and scientists to abandon the relaxation of Covid restrictions over Christmas , the four nations of the United Kingdom have decided to stick largely to the previously agreed plans. However with the number of infections rising sharply all four UK nations are urging people to observe “extreme caution” over the …

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There’s growing pressure on the four home nations of the United Kingdom to look again at the easing of Covid restrictions over the Christmas period. Two leading medical journals have joined forces to warn that the decision to ease the rules for a 5-day period is “rash” and will “cost many lives”. Under the Christmas …

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Millions more people in England will be living in the highest Tier 3 areas of coronavirus restrictions, following a sharp new rise in the number of infections. The whole of Greater London along with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire are to enter Tier 3. It means that 34 million people in England will be bound …

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