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Opposition leaders have urged the Government not to make pupils and students attend school for the final days of term.
Further measures to halt the spread of coronavirus have also been introduced across Wales and Scotland.
The Welsh Labour leader said an immediate lockdown in Wales was needed to protect people from the new strain.
First Minister Arlene Foster said it was an ‘evolving situation’.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced ‘purely preventative’ restrictions in response to a new strain of coronavirus.
At a No 10 news conference, Mr Johnson said he was taking the actions with a ‘heavy heart’.
The First Minister spoke alongside interim chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith and national clinical director Jason Leitch.
The county’s nearly two million residents will now effectively return to the lockdown rules of November.
A Government spokesman said millions more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be available in the coming weeks.
Business bosses have criticised the decision and suggested that ‘thousands’ of jobs could be lost due to the measures.
The Government’s chief scientific adviser said current evidence showed the variant ‘has a significant, substantial increase in transmissibility’.
Mr Drakeford said the latest evidence suggested that the new strain is ‘present throughout Wales’.
Scotland has the lowest case rate in the UK, with 112.6 cases per 100,000 of the population.
The Prime Minister acts after scientists warn the new variant coronavirus is spreading more rapidly.
Camilla said many people would be ‘facing a gap at the Christmas table’ this year.
The chat show presented his final show after 10 years.
There have been many mutations in the virus since it emerged in 2019.
A number of flood warnings remain in place.
The First Minister said cases are currently at a lower level in Scotland than the rest of the UK.
Professor Chris Whitty says scientists now consider the new variant can spread more quickly.
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