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- All non-essential shops, pubs, and restaurants will be forced to close next week as the nation is plunged into another lockdown.
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the four week measures at a press conference last night, saying the NHS would be overwhelmed within weeks without
- this drastic action.
- The new rules will come into effect on Thursday, and will last until December 2.
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