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Emergency Lockdown in London during holidays as new Covid strain spreads rapidly

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Boris Johnson imposed a full lockdown on London and southeast England in a desperate attempt to stop a new coronavirus strain spreading rapidly over the U.K.After emergency talks on the virus mutation with his top officials, the prime minister canceled his plan to ease pandemic rules for five days during the holiday.

Household mixing will be banned in London and the southeast, and socializing will be restricted to just Christmas Day across the rest of England.

Residents across the country were told to keep to their local areas.The dramatic escalation in the government’s pandemic response was triggered by a new strain of the virus that is virtually unique to the U.K.

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