British Prime Minister Johnson Announces New COVID-19 Restrictions
2021-01-04T20:28:55-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTdmXC8yMDIxMDEwNDIwMjkzOTAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==In his address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the alert level to five and announced a new nationwide lockdown in England, following a surge in COVID-19 cases due to the mutated variant of the virus. After recommendations from the U.K.'s chief medical officers, the prime minister moved the COVID-19 alert level from four to five, a signal that health services and hospitals would become overwhelmed in the coming weeks. Prime Minister Johnson said it was “frustrating and alarming” to see the speed of the variant, which was 50-70 percent more transmissible, in the country.
In his address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the alert level to five and announced a new… read more
In his address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the alert level to five and announced a new nationwide lockdown in England, following a surge in COVID-19 cases due to the mutated variant of the virus. After recommendations from the U.K.'s chief medical officers, the prime minister moved the COVID-19 alert level from four to five, a signal that health services and hospitals would become overwhelmed in the coming weeks. Prime Minister Johnson said it was “frustrating and alarming” to see the speed of the variant, which was 50-70 percent more transmissible, in the country. close
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