Boris Johnson canceled plans to allow families to see each other over the festive period as the government warned that a new strain of the coronavirus is “out of control." There were scenes of panic at train stations, with people defying social-distancing rules to get out of the capital before the new rules took effect on Sunday.More than 16 million Britons are now required to stay at home after new restrictions came into force Sunday in London and southeast England.
The measures ban household mixing in the capital and the southeast, and restrict socializing to just Christmas Day across the rest of England.France and Germany are considering joining Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium in banning air and train links with the UK, which is in.