Millions more join tier 4 Covid restrictions in England from Boxing Day

Oxfordshire, most of Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, West Sussex and whole of East Sussex join strictest tierCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions more people in England are set to be plunged into the toughest tier 4 restrictions from Boxing Day, it has been confirmed, as the government grapples to contain the new fast-spreading Covid variant.After ministers met on Wednesday morning to hammer out plans to combat a rising number of infections, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced that Oxfordshire, most of Hampshire, West Sussex, the whole of East Sussex, as well as Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire – most parts of which are currently in tier 2 – would be placed under the toughest curbs on Saturday. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/millions-more-face-tier-4-covid-restrictions-in-england-from-boxing-day #coronavirus #uk_news #infectious_diseases #science