UK sticks to lockdown plan despite several cases of new Covid-19 variant, says health secretary

UK sticks to lockdown plan despite several cases of new Covid-19 variant, says health secretary

The Edge Markets - World·2021-03-02 15:04

LONDON (March 2): The British government does not plan to change its lockdown rules after the emergence of the new Brazilian strain of the coronavirus in the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said, reported the Sputnik news agency.

"If you look at the number of new cases as we described last Friday the number of new cases is falling but the rate of decline has slowed. This shows how we all need to keep sticking to the rules," Hancock said in a statement yesterday.

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