Christmas cancelled for Londoners as new virus strain spreads in southeast England
21 December 2020 |
11:00 am
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday that millions of people in London and southeast England would have to cancel Christmas plans and stay home, owing to a new strain of virus that is spreading far more quickly.
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