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Tier 4 Covid Restrictions To Be Widened On Boxing Day (Telegraph)

UK

A swathe of areas hit by surging Covid-19 rates are likely to be placed into Tier 4 restrictions from Boxing Day, ministers will announce on Wednesday. Ministers are expected to sign off plans for tougher measures for many areas at a meeting of the Covid-O operations committee on Wednesday morning, as concern grows about the virus mutation spreading from the South East. Government sources have warned that there is a "high chance" of a full national lockdown in the new year.

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