Covid-19: Boris Johnson defends regional curbs but 'rules nothing out'

Boris Johnson defends new regional Covid-19 restrictions but says he rules out 'nothing'

And Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has advised Scots against travelling to high risk areas of England

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, he said Mr Johnson had rejected the advice of government science advisers, whoThe prime minister and Labour leader clash over policies for local and national restrictions to fight coronavirus "That, I think, is what the people of this country want to do. This is our opportunity to do that and suppress the virus where it is surging," he said.may halve coronavirus deaths between now and the end of the yearThe researchers said the measure "buys more time to put other controls in place", but there is huge uncertainty over some of their predictions.

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