Whole of East of England to enter Tier 4

The changes will come into force on Boxing Day

Author: Beth PriddingPublished 23rd Dec 2020
Last updated 23rd Dec 2020

The whole of the East of England will be in Tier 4 from Boxing Day.

Some parts of the region were in the highest tier, but Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex, which were in Tier 2, have now been upped.

The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said that the new variant of coronavirus found in the UK was spreading at a "dangerous rate".

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