More than half of England will be under stricter lockdown measures next week | Latest News 2020

There have been more than 500,000 lab-confirmed infections in October alone, with the tiered system introduced on 14 October.
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said the government is “striving” to avoid issuing blanket restrictions nationwide – as was recommended by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) last month – and insisted targeted measures could slow the growth in cases.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “We’re confident we’ve got the right measures and framework in place, which is not to have a blanket approach, [but] the target measures.
“We have seen, since we adopted that approach, a decrease in the rate of growth, but clearly there is still an uptick in the virus.
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“We are battling a second wave, and we’re going to do everything we can, in a targeted and focused way, to repress and bring those numbers back down.”
Meanwhile, when asked about the potential for introducing Tier 4, an even higher level of restrictions, Raab did not rule it out as he said introducing “further measures” is an option.
He said: “We’re always ready for further measures that we can take, but I think the most important thing about further measures is that we continue on the track that we’re on of targeting the virus.”

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