On Saturday, tight social mixing restrictions measures were brought in for London, southeast England and Wales while plans to ease curbs over Christmas across the nation were either dramatically scaled back or scrapped altogether. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the government's COVID operations committee chaired by Prime Minister Boris Johnson would meet on Wednesday to decide if further action needed to be taken. But we will be looking at the number of cases in all parts of the country. And in particular, what the variant is doing," he told BBC TV. "So, we will see whether it's necessary to do more, and make sure that the tiered system is sufficiently robust for the new circumstances."

Source: bd News24 December 23, 2020 08:26 UTC