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How the UK returned to soft lockdown
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a series of new restrictions on Tuesday, citing the fact that the average daily case rate in the UK had jumped from roughly a thousand in mid August to 3,929, and, according to the country’s top medical and scientific officials, could hit a 50,000 by mid-October if a current doubling rate holds.
Stressing that the country would not return to a full lockdown, Johnson noted the government was not issuing a general “stay at home” instruction, businesses could stay open in a “COVID-compliant”, and schools, colleges and universities stay open — “because nothing is more important than the education, health and well-being of our young people”; notably, after failing to fully
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