Ministers consider further curbs from Boxing Day amid fears over spread of new strain
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More areas of England could be put under tier 4 restrictions from Boxing Day while a mass coronavirus testing programme was due to get under way to alleviate congestion at the border between France and the UK.
Reports suggested ministers would meet on Wednesday to decide whether more of the country would be put under the toughest restrictions amid fears over the spread of a new mutant strain of coronavirus.
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