London under 'Tier 4' lockdown as COVID-19 variant spreads
- 3 years ago
영국, 코로나바이러스 변종 확산에 런던 및 주변 '긴급 봉쇄'
In the UK, London and southeast England are under a new, emergency lockdown as of Sunday... because of a new variant of COVID19... that's spreading even faster than the original.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been planning to ease the pandemic restrictions for five days around Christmas but changed course after talks with top officials.
Now, households will not be allowed to mix in London or the southeast, and the rest of the country can socialize only on Christmas Day.
The new strain of the virus, officials say, accounts for almost 60 percent of cases in London,... where the daily infection rate has nearly doubled in the last week.
In the UK, London and southeast England are under a new, emergency lockdown as of Sunday... because of a new variant of COVID19... that's spreading even faster than the original.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been planning to ease the pandemic restrictions for five days around Christmas but changed course after talks with top officials.
Now, households will not be allowed to mix in London or the southeast, and the rest of the country can socialize only on Christmas Day.
The new strain of the virus, officials say, accounts for almost 60 percent of cases in London,... where the daily infection rate has nearly doubled in the last week.