Posted on 12/29/2020 5:31:46 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Secondary schools are on course not to open as planned next week as ministers prepare to push "far more areas" into a Tier 4 lockdown on Wednesday.
Boris Johnson held a key Covid-O committee meeting that will pave the way for a major expansion of Tier 4 restrictions and for school reopenings to be delayed for at least a week.
It came as Covid cases surged to a record daily high of 53,135, with 414 deaths, piling pressure on the Prime Minister for a full national lockdown to combat the spread of the new and highly infectious strain of the virus.
Most Government scientists are now saying a national lockdown will be needed next month if schools are to reopen before the February half-term.
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Is this foreshadowing another summer without travel and tourists for the world?
Always winter but Christmas never comes.
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