Britain far from relaxing restrictions

Gulf Today Report 

Britain still has a long way to go before it will consider easing lockdown, said its Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday.

At least 77 cases of the South African variant and 9 cases of the Brazilian variant has been found in the United Kingdom. 

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"They are under very close observation, and we have enhanced contact tracing to do everything we possibly can to stop them from spreading," he said.

Speaking to a media outlet he said "there is early evidence that the lockdown is starting to bring cases down. But we're a long, long, long way from that from being low enough because the case rate was incredibly high and you can see the pressure on the NHS (National Health Service)."