COVID-19: More areas could go into Tier 4 as variant strain spreads, Sir Patrick Vallance suggests
Written by News on 21/12/2020
More areas in England could be placed into Tier 4 restrictions – equivalent to a lockdown – as the variant COVID strain spreads across the country, the government’s chief scientific adviser has suggested.
London and vast swathes of southeast England have already been put into tightened measures due to the high presence of the new VUI-2020/01 strain, which is feared to spread more quickly than the original virus.
And Sir Patrick Vallance told a Downing Street news conference on Monday that more areas in England could soon see tougher restrictions.
“The evidence on this virus is that it spreads easily, it’s more transmissible, we absolutely need to make sure we have the right level of restrictions in place,” he said.
“I think it is likely that this will grow in numbers of the variant across the country and I think it’s likely, therefore, that measures will need to be increased in some places, in due course, not reduced.
“I think it is the case that this will spread more.”
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