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President Donald Trump has slammed the UK’s decision to impose new lockdown restrictions ahead of Christmas after a dangerous new strain of the coronavirus was detected in England and sparked fears it could soon reach the US.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced London and parts of southeast England will go into ‘Tier 4 lockdown’ – the highest level of the UK’s coronavirus alert system – starting at midnight.
The strict new measures, which affects 18million people, means all non-essential businesses must close and residents must stay at home until December 30, when officials will review the situation.
We don’t want to have lockdowns. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself! https://t.co/sHBJfG9T8X
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2020
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It comes amid a surge in cases in the region that doctors believe is being fueled by a fast-moving new variant of the coronavirus that is more than 70 per cent more transmissible than existing strains and may have already reached other countries.
Although it is not believed to be more fatal, the mutant strain has raised fears of a potential outbreak in the US, which is already grappling with record-breaking rates of hospitalizations and virus-related deaths.
President Trump on Saturday however made it clear the US would not be following suit with Johnson’s decision.
‘We don’t want to have lockdowns. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself!’ Trump said in a tweet replying to the news.