London And Other English Cities Declared To Be At High Alert For COVID-19
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London And Other English Cities Declared To Be At High Alert For COVID-19

NPR  

London And Other English Cities Declared To Be At High Alert For COVID-19 Enlarge this image toggle caption Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images London, Birmingham and other U.K. cities are now at a high alert for COVID-19, as officials tighten restrictions on people and businesses in a huge swath of England. "Things will get worse before they get better," U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said as he announced the changes in Parliament. Europe is seeing a huge spike in new cases, Hancock said, "And here, we certainly saw the highest figure for daily deaths since early June." The cities on high alert take a step closer to Liverpool, which earlier this week became the only English city deemed to be at "very high alert" status under the three-tier lockdown system that Johnson's government recently introduced.

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