UK Prime Minister Imposes National Lockdown in England Over New CCP Virus Variant

UK Prime Minister Imposes National Lockdown in England Over New CCP Virus Variant
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street, in London, on Dec. 21, 2020. Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a nationwide lockdown in England to combat a new variant of the CCP virus, with all schools being shut down until February.

“I completely understand the inconvenience and distress this change will cause millions of people and parents up and down the country,” Johnson said in a televised address. “The problem isn’t that schools are unsafe for children,“ he said, adding that ”the problem is that schools may act as vectors of transmission, causing the virus to spread between households.”

Jack Phillips
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