London could be under lockdown for months: UK Health Secy

London, Dec 21 : UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned that London could be under a lockdown for months, as it will be “very difficult” to keep a highly infectious mutant strain of the novel coronavirus under control until vaccinations are rolled out.
His remarks on Sunday came just hours after the new Tier Four restrictions came into force in the British capital and parts of southeast England, reports Xinhua news agency.
The new tighter restrictions will be reviewed on December 30.
Hancock however indicated that it was unlikely they would be relaxed at that point.
“It is going to be very difficult to keep it under control until we have the vaccine rolled out,” he told Sky News.
“We know with this new variant you can catch it more easily from a small amount of the virus being present.