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UNITED KINGDOM, December 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) –UK Health Secretary Matthew Hancock has suggested that stringent lockdown restrictions in the UK will continue until a COVID-19 vaccine is “rolled out.”
“Unfortunately, this virus, the new strain, was out of control,” Hancock told Sky News host Sophy Ridge after the U.K.’s new lockdown measures were announced.
“We’ve got to get it under control. The only way you can do that is by restricting social contact. Especially in tier 4 areas, everybody needs to behave as if they might well have the virus.”
The U.K.’s tier-4 restrictions are extremely restrictive, not only barring “non-essential” businesses from opening, but also prohibiting households from mixing. The rules dictate that “Tier 4 residents must not stay overnight away from home, and cannot travel abroad.”
Hancock explained that he considers it a “duty to act” to respond to the “new scientific evidence” that has emerged about a new, faster-spreading strain of COVID-19.
“People in tier 4 restrictions – they’re not going to be coming out anytime soon, are they?” asked Ridge.
“We’ve got a long way to go to sort this. Essentially, we’ve got to get that vaccine rolled
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