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LONDON, Nov 23 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to announce today a major testing programme in areas with the highest coronavirus infection rates as the country re-enters a system of tiered restrictions. The prime minister was set to announce in parliament that regions classed as very...

England is to return to a system of tiered anti-coronavirus restrictions after the latest lockdown ends on December 2. ― Reuters pic

This comes after the city of Liverpool this month held England’s first city-wide testing, which the government hailed as a success leading to a “substantial fall” in cases. It said new measures will also focus on care home residents, who are unable to have visitors indoors due to social distancing rules.

Britain has seen more than 55,000 deaths from some 1.5 million cases—one of the worst rates in the world—and has been grappling to control a second spike of infections.

 

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