Are we having another lockdown? Here's what we know about the third wave of coronavirus in the UK
A new variant of coronavirus has emerged in the UK and as such, new lockdown restrictions have been imposed in many parts of the country. Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are facing another lockdown in January with England adding additional tier 4 lockdown restrictions to cope with the rising levels of coronavirus in the UK, due to this mutated strain of Covid-19. It’s not thought to be more dangerous than the original strain, nor is it thought to be resistant to any of the coronavirus vaccines now in distribution. However, health officials have warned that it is significantly more infectious – by up to 70%. So far a lockdown like that seen in March, which covered all areas of the UK over successive months, has not been implemented again. While England took on another lockdown in November, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland all took on their own, separate restrictions, some of which included the alternative circuit breaker lockdown . Cases are doubling weekly in some are...