Coronavirus: UK ramps up restrictions as new COVID 19 strain quickly spreads

A new, fastspreading strain of COVID19 has been linked to 62 per cent of new cases in London, U. K.. Medical experts are warning the new strain is over 70 per cent more transmissible than existing strains and has prompted the government to announce a new Tier 4 as part of its alert system, requiring all nonessential shops to close and cancelling a planned easing of the rules around social gatherings for a five day period at Christmas. London, as well as eastern and southeast England, enter the new tier