England's new Covid restrictions likely to stay 'for months' until vaccine rollout

Matt Hancock's remarks come after millions of people in London and the south-east put under new tier 4 measures

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New lockdown restrictions imposed on Saturday on millions of people may have to remain in place for several months until vaccines have been rolled out across the UK, the health secretary has said.

It follows Boris Johnson's decision to abandon attempts to avoid tighter Covid restrictions, and instead placing millions of people in London and the south-east under the new tier 4 measures.