Schools and colleges across #Britain closed on Tuesday ahead of a national #lockdown as the country battled to control surging #coronavirus cases that are threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. The tough new measures were announced Monday even as Britain began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca shots, a possible game-changer in fighting Covid-19 worldwide, and as vaccine programmes in the United States and Europe stumbled.
Britain locks down over virus surge despite new vaccine rollout
