New COVID-19 strain in UK confirmed to be more infectious, PM imposes tighter lockdown | ABC News

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed tighter COVID-19 restrictions ahead of Christmas.
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The move comes after he was briefed that a new strain of the virus circulating in south-east England could be up to 70 per cent more transmissible.
With the average number of cases in England soaring because of a new, more contagious strain of the virus, Mr Johnson said the Government had to take urgent action.

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