Oxfordshire, most of Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, West Sussex and whole of East Sussex join strictest tier
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Millions more people in England are set to be plunged into the toughest tier 4 restrictions from Boxing Day, it has been confirmed, as the government grapples to contain the new fast-spreading Covid variant.
After ministers met on Wednesday morning to hammer out plans to combat a rising number of infections, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced that Oxfordshire, most of Hampshire, West Sussex, the whole of East Sussex, as well as Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire – most parts of which are currently in tier 2 – would be placed under the toughest curbs on Saturday.
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