UK puts millions more under tight restrictions as cases soar

News, market analysis, investment scam prevention tips and more ✔️ Your source for latest asset management news and information. This magazine is crafted specifically for those who are interested in diving into the global asset management world. LONDON: The British government on Wednesday extended its toughest coronavirus restrictions to three-quarters of England's population, saying a fast-spreading new variant of the virus has reached most of the country.Health secretary Matt Hancock said the government's top infection-warning level, Tier 4, would be expanded beyond London and the southeast to cover large swaths of central, northern and southwest England.Under Tier 4, people are advised to stay home, mixing of households is prohibited, nonessential shops are shut and restaurants and bars can only offer takeout.Hancock said Wednesday's authorization of a second vaccine for use in the UK was good news, but "sharply rising cases and the hospitalizations that follow demonstrate the need to act where the virus is spreading.""It brings forward the day on which we can lift the restrictions,” he told lawmakers in the House of Commons. "But … we must act to suppress the virus now, especially as the new variant makes the time between now and then even more difficult.”Hospitals in the worst-hit areas of London and southern England are becoming increasingly overstretched, with ambulances unable to unload patients at some hospitals where all the beds are occupied. There are more people in hospitals with Covid-19 now than To keep reading about UK puts millions more under tight restrictions as cases soar, Click on the link. Seoul, Korea
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