Some cabinet ministers are said to be pushing back against measures before Christmas
is considering three options including a full lockdown to deal with the UK’s rapidly spreading Covid surge.
It comes despite scientists warning that action is needed now to stop the NHS being overwhelmed and to avoid harsher restrictions being needed for longer at a later date. Confirmed cases of the more infectious strain have risen by more than 12,000, according to the latest data on Sunday – but the true figure is thought to be multiples higher and fuelling the surge in cases which has seen the UK report around 350,000 new cases in four days.
The Telegraph quoted one unnamed Cabinet minister as saying ‘guidelines, rather than restrictions, are entirely possible’.
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