England is to enter an immediate, legally enforceable lockdown akin to March 2020 due to alarmingly high Covid-19 numbers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this evening in a nationally televised address.The new lockdown will see mass school closures (with many 2021 exams cancelled) and tight lockdown restrictions across England until at least mid-February.
The measures include people only being allowed to leave home to perform certain jobs, to do food shopping or do exercise alone in a local area.
Nurseries will remain open.Scotland had already announced a legally enforceable lockdown from midnight tonight with all schools to be closed throughout January.
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