London: In view of increasing corona cases, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a "stay at home" order for London and southeast. This is an important decision considering detection of  a new coronavirus strain that is significantly more infectious. The new move aims to slow the spread of the new strain to areas where it is not yet prevalent.

In a TV briefing he said, "Early data suggests the new strain could be "up to 70 percent more transmissible."He ordered new restrictions for London and south-eastern England from Sunday, saying that "residents in those areas must stay at home" at least until December 30. The measures will mean around a third of England's population cannot travel or meet other households for Christmas.

Johnson and his scientific advisers warned the public that the virus can now spread much faster than previously and that existing measures were not enough to control it. On Saturday there were 27,052 new cases in the UK, slightly less than on Friday. Talking about India’s active caseload, which is the actual disease burden of a country, of coronavirus has fallen to 3.09% of the total positive cases, with 33 States and Union Territories reporting less than 20,000 active cases in all on Saturday, shows government data.

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